The two audiotapes in this collection contain messages that John B. Sorensen, then serving in Vietnam, recorded and sent to his mother, Mrs. Oscar Sorensen, and other relatives living near Hines, Illinois. One of the audiotape boxes is postmarked 12 April 1964. On the tapes, Sorensen discusses Vietnamese weather (which he claims has two seasons: one of them's hot and wet and the other is hotter and dry), his duties as a helicopter gunner, and the Viet Cong. He also includes some pre-recorded combat sounds for the pleasure of the younger members of his audience and asks his mother to send a number of items, including a pocketknife, Kool-Aid, and cookies. Both tapes were duplicated on CDs, which are also housed in the collection.