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Dave McPherson Collection (2812) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 28120000000
Approximately 8 feet of artifacts and textual records documenting Marvin Dave McPherson's service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. The materials predominately date from 1972-1984.

Textual records: H Troop, 10th Cavalry commemoration book (Anson, Vietnam 1972); award citations; letters of appreciation and commendation; pilot qualifications certificate; officer evaluation reports; transmittal forms; memos; flight checklist; academic evaluation reports; medical evaluation reports; promotion certificate; Bronze Star Medal certificate; Purple Heart certificate; United States Army Aviation Center graduation ceremony program; unidentified Vietnamese documents; enlistment contract; Army Commendation Medal certificates; Vietnamese certificate; honorable discharge certificate; discharge report; course graduation and training completion certificates (including one humorous certificate); Air Medal certificate

Collection: Dave McPherson Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 18 Sep 2018 [Updated: 30 Sep 2020]
Michael Sloniker Collection (885) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 8850000000
Over 6 linear feet of Daily Staff Journals, After Action Reports, Operation Reports, and Situation Reports from the 101st Airborne Division, particularly the 2/17 Cav (2nd Squadron 17th Cavalry) at Camp Eagle, January 1969 thru October 1971, and other related material photocopied from the National Archives and donated to the Vietnam Archive by Michael Sloniker.

The collection also contains 3 linear feet of materials accumulated from Michael Sloniker that document his U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and his later military and aviation careers, along with activities of various units and the VHPA. The materials include books, artifacts, VHS tapes, CDs, scrapbooks, maps and overlays, mailing lists, directories, rosters, casulaty reports, MIA/KIA lists and reports, memos and correspondence, letters of recommendation and commendation, articles and clippings, excerpts, press releases, newspapers, newsletters, periodicals, unit insignia, award citations and certificates, flyers and pamphlets, biographies and resumes, military orders, notes, VHPA reunion materials, images and photographs, slides, witness statements and narratives, transcripts (radio communication), unit histories, trip reports, service records, officer evaluation reports, CHECO reports, financial records, medical records, manuals, calendars and schedules, Vietnamese documents, website printouts, Congressional records, academic theses, fact sheets, chronologies, moving images, electronic media, VA records, and ephemera. The materials are dated predominately 1962-2005 and subjects include Lam Son 719, MIA/KIAs, and the 1972 Easter Offensive (Battle of An Loc).

Collection: Michael Sloniker Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 21 Jul 2002 [Updated: 27 Oct 2025]
Michael Cook Collection (1179) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 11790000000
This collection contains books; booklets; bibliographies; video; newsletters; periodicals; comic books; publications from the Department of State, Defense, Army, and Air Force; Congressional reports; correspondence; newspaper articles and clippings; course materials; a calendar; helicopter models; and various documents pertaining to the Vietnam War. Many of the videotapes in the collection are not necessarily about the Vietnam War, but they do have some reference to the war or the military. The materials are dated predominately 1970, 1979, 1986-2001, 2006-2008, and 2014-2020.
Collection: Michael Cook Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 22 Jun 2003 [Updated: 21 Oct 2025]
Dale Fillmore Collection (1154) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 11540000000
This collection consists of 24 recorded letters from Dale Fillmore to his family during his two tours in Vietnam, 1967-1968 (Co. B, 229th Battalion (Assault Helicopter)) and 1970-1971 (242nd Aviation Company). The collection also contains approximately 1.5 linear feet of slides and letters home donated by Dale Fillmore. The letters were written during Fillmore's army basic training at Fort Polk, Primary Helicopter School at Fort Wolters, Advanced Helicopter School at Fort Rucker, and his two tours in Vietnam (1967-1968 and 1970-1971). The materials are dated 1966-1971.
Collection: Dale Fillmore Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 15 May 2003 [Updated: 17 Nov 2025]
Approximately one and a half linear feet of training guides, manuals and other materials document the manuals and curriculum used by the United States Primary Helicopter School at Fort Wolters, Texas to train helicopter pilots during the Vietnam Conflict. The bulk of the materials are from the war period. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: United States Primary Helicopter School
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 26 Mar 2020]
Half a linear foot of articles and parts of books detail various issues related to Vietnam Veterans and the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. Materials date from both the war and post-war periods and were photocopied by various VHPA members. This is one series of the VHPA Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Printed Material
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 04 Mar 2002 [Updated: 30 Mar 2020]
James I. McDaniel Collection (2012) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20120000000
More than 70 field manuals and technical manuals printed between the years 1956 to 1985.

The collection also contains approximately 1.5 linear feet of materials documenting the history of the 174th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam accumulated by Jim McDaniel from various unit members including Fred Thompson. The materials include scrapbooks; notes; photographs; slides; maps and diagrams; casualty lists; images and sketches; memorial service programs; articles/clippings; press releases; correspondence; letters of appreciation; journals; unit histories; military orders; movement orders; award citations; mailing lists/directories; rosters; personal recollections; Lam Son 719 by Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh; a history of The High Priced Help; yearbook photocopies; operational reports-lessons learned; newsletters; South Vietnam Tactical Aerodrome Directory; daily staff journals; flight records; records re: effort to add Gary Markle to the Vietnam Memorial Wall; website printouts; and ephemera. The materials are dated predominately 1965-1971 and 1987-2009.

Collection: James I. McDaniel Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 13 Mar 2013 [Updated: 08 Nov 2023]
Chuck Carlock Collection (403) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 4030000000
Twenty linear feet of documents including Vietnamese land titles, unit yearbooks, propaganda leaflets collected in 1969, helicopter training and maintenance manuals, aviation and navigation manuals, weapons training manuals, Army aviation school materials; maps; photographs; periodicals; newspapers; books; and museum objects, including four helicopters refurbished by Carlock, dozens of helicopter parts, and various other materials related to service in Vietnam document not only Carlock's service in Vietnam, but also Army helicopter pilot training.
Collection: Chuck Carlock Collection
Association: Rattler/Firebird Association

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Added: 11 Dec 2005 [Updated: 04 Nov 2025]
John G. (Jack) Heslin Collection (3008) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 30080000000
Approximately three and a half linear feet of ORLL, After Action Reports, individual recollection of units, and other types of unit history and information document the history of the 1st Aviation Brigade's involvement in the Vietnam Conflict. The docuemnts are organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - 1st Aviation Brigade
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 06 Jun 2006]
Approximately 11 linear feet of documents, photographs, slides, newsletters, newspapers, periodicals, museum objects, and microfiche donated to the archive by Mike Law and other members of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA). The collection is arranged into three series of materials. First is official VHPA business papers, including correspondence, executive council meeting minutes, membership reports, and reunion planning materials. The second series of materials is incoming correspondence from individual members. This correspondence contains personal narratives about individual members' service in Vietnam, and in many cases includes copies of historical documents from each member’s own unit and/or their research such as reports (e.g. after action, operational-lessons learned, combat damage analysis); directories; event programs; unit histories (e.g. 18th Corps Aviation Company “Green Delta” (1971-1973); rosters; flight school materials; articles and clippings; artifacts; photographs; slides; calling cards; DOD certificates of vaccination; helicopter flight test guides; synthetic flight training system information/operation guides; instrument procedure guides; helicopter regulation questions; selective service notices of classification; military orders; certificates; and firsthand accounts. The third series is additional material accumulated by Mike Law from his involvment in VHPA business or materials sourced from VHPA members. These materials include a recording of Joe Galloway speaking at the 2000 VHPA reunion; emails containing the text of Galloway’s remarks; crests given to the VHPA by Australian Helicopter Pilots; service records; obituaries; flyers and pamphlets; maps; moving images; yearbooks; books; research materials for the 1994 VHPA membership Directory; and a booklet detailing insignia items of the 192nd Assault Helicopter Company (1966-1972). The materials are dated 1954-2022.



The collection also includes training materials donated to the archive by William J. Fitzgerald. The training materials are booklets from the United States Army Primary Helicopter School at Fort Wolters, Texas.

Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 30 Oct 2025]
William Thomas Marshall, Jr. (3010) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 30100000000
The collection consists of approximately 8 linear feet of materials accumulated by Tom Marshall including documents, a poster, maps, artifacts, moving images, audio, film order catalogs, flyers, notes, film time coding sheets, periodicals, photographs, newsletters, a book, slides, photographs, correspondence, and electronic media. The materials include records pertaining to his military service, including his deployment as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam from 1970-1971; records pertaining to the research and publishing of his book, The Price of Exit (as well as the production of the accompanying film The Price of Exit: Anthology); drafts of his other writings including his planned second book Woodstock One-Three; letters written to his wife from Vietnam; and records pertaining to Marshall's activities with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association including his involvement in getting a monument dedicated to the VHPA installed at Arlington National Cemetery (including a replica of the monument). Other topics covered by the materials include the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, LZ Lolo, Lam Son 719, and Charlie Horse. The materials are dated predominately 1966-1977 and 1986-2018.
Collection: William Thomas Marshall, Jr. Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 09 Nov 2018 [Updated: 09 Jan 2026]
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