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Dennis M. Dewine Collection (3213) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32130000000

Approximately a quarter of a linear foot of materials documenting the activities of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. The materials include a 1999 VHPA calendar, a 1995 VHPA reunion booklet, and newsletters. The materials are dated 1995-2011.
Collection: Dennis M. DeWine Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 28 Nov 2023 [Updated: 05 Dec 2023]

John L. Penny Collection (2653) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26530000000

Approximately seven linear feet of books donated to the archive by John Penny who is a book reviewer for the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA).
Collection: John L. Penny Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 15 Jan 2015 [Updated: 23 Apr 2018]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Command Progress Reports (291) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2910000000

Approximately half a linear foot of Command Progress Reports depicts, in statistical form, the measurement taken of mission accomplishment against programmed mission objectives at a specific point in time and includes various non-combat components involved with the helicopter pilots. This is one of the series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection. All documents date from the war era.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Command Progress Reports
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 23 Oct 2020]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Operations (299) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2990000000

Half a linear foot of documents detail information on helicopter operations during the Vietnam Conflict. The documents provide general information, but do not specifically mention the units involved in each operation. The bulk of the documents date from the war period. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Operations
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 09 May 2017]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Periodicals (302) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3020000000

One linear foot of periodicals document various issues associated with Vietnam Veterans and helicopters. Periodicals date from both the war and post-war periods. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Periodicals
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 29 Aug 2018]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Navy (310) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3100000000

Half a linear foot of ORLL, After Action Reports, individual recollection of units, and other types of unit histories and information document the service of U.S. Navy helicopter units during the Vietnam Conflict. The materials are organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Colleciton.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Navy
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 22 Mar 2017]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units (311) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3110000000

Half a linear foot of ORLL, After Action Reports, individual recollection of units, and other types of unit histories and information document the service of transportation and maintenance helicopter units during the Vietnam Conflict. The bulk of the materials date from the war period and are organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 25 Mar 2020]

Marc Liebman Collection (2949) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 29490000000

The collection consists of books donated to the archive by Marc Liebman.
Collection: Marc Liebman Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 28 Mar 2018 [Updated: 09 Feb 2024]

David Robin Collection (3118) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 31180000000

The collection consists of approximately half of a linear foot of materials documenting Chief Warrant Officer David Robin's military service, including his time as a helicopter pilot with the 56th Transportation Recovery Company stationed at Vung Tau from 1965 to 1966. The materials include photo albums; educational and training records; award citations; periodicals; artifacts; articles and clippings; images; certificates; slides; and photographs. The materials are dated 1965-1966, 1970-1971, 1978, 1985, 1995, and 2001.
Collection: David Robin Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 20 Apr 2023 [Updated: 25 Apr 2023]

William Flye Collection (3285) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32850000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of materials documenting Bill Flye's U.S. Army service as a helicopter mechanic, crew chief, pilot, and gunner in Vietnam. The materials include photographs and images; website printouts; service records; electronic media; equipment inspection and maintenance worksheets; unit histories; mailing lists and rosters; various photocopies (e.g. leaflets/pamphlets, military payment certificates, images, clippings); slides; correspondence (originals, photocopies, and transcriptions); and ephemera. The materials are dated predominately 1968-1996, 2001 or are otherwise undated.

Collection: William Flye Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 16 Jan 2024 [Updated: 19 Jan 2024]

Ronald P. (Phil) Marshall (2112) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 21120000000

Approximately six linear feet of Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) membership directories, reunion programs, newsletters, and calendars from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s; Dustoff Association membership directories and newsletters; and other assorted, newsletters, periodicals, maps, photographs, and artifacts donated to the Vietnam Archive by Ronald P. (Phil) Marshall, who served with the 237th Medical Detachment at Camp Evans and Quang Tri in 1969.
Collection: Ronald P. (Phil) Marshall
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 04 Oct 2010 [Updated: 21 Dec 2021]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force (305) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3050000000

Approximately one linear foot of unit histories, personnel rosters and articles document the service of various helicopter units in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. Most documents date from the war era.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Air Force
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 06 Jul 2018]

Robert H. Nevins Collection (2878) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 28780000000

Approximately three quarters of a linear foot of documents, periodicals, newspapers, photographs, slides, a scrapbook, and a VHS tape comprising the Vietnam materials from Robert H. Nevins. The documents include letters written to Nevins, military documents, orders and correspondence, and numerous newspaper clippings gathered by Nevins to document the activities of the 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry in Vietnam in 1967. The collection also contains photographs and slides documenting Nevins' service.
Collection: Robert H. Nevins Collections
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 30 Oct 2017 [Updated: 01 Dec 2017]

Jack Swickard Collection (2299) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 22990000000

Approximately one and a half linear feet of books, photographs, slides, correspondence and a patch document Jack Swickard's service in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and his subsequent membership in the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association after the war.
Collection: Jack Swickard Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 22 Mar 2017 [Updated: 05 Apr 2017]

John B. Konek Collection (2786) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27860000000

Approximately one linear foot of documents donated to the archive by John B. Konek. The documents include the combined unit history of the 350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron and 100th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing from July 1966 through June 1968. The unit history also includes supporting documents for the above units to include message traffic, performance reports, etc. These units were operating the Ryan Model 147 reconnaissance drone. Also included in the collection is a list of documents about Killed in Action (KIA), body not recovered members of the Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron in Vietnam. These documents include the name of the deceased, their rank, date of lost, birth date, unit of assignment, and details of their loss/last sighting. The collection also includes selected appendices from a Combat SAR Study (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) and a 4th Infantry Division Operational Report - Lessons Learned for the period ending 31 January 1969. The materials are dated 1966-1970.
Collection: John B. Konek Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 18 Apr 2017 [Updated: 12 Nov 2019]

VHPA Gold Star Family Collection (3410) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 34100000000

Approximately half of a linear foot of materials pertaining to the families of KIA Vietnam helicopter pilots accumulated by Julie Kink, VHPA Gold Star Family coordinator and sister of Warrant Officer David Kink, C/1/9 CAV KIA 8-3-1969. The materials include casualty data; memos and correspondence; articles and clippings; notes; narratives; and website printouts. The materials are dated predominately 2001-2021.
Collection: VHPA Gold Star Family Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 23 Apr 2024 [Updated: 26 Aug 2024]

Otis Bryan England Collection (3199) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 31990000000

Approximately 3 linear feet of materials documenting Warrant Officer Bryan England's service as a helicopter pilot with F Troop, 8th Cavalry, 23rd Infantry Americal Division in Vietnam. The materials include artifacts; yearbooks; a high school writing project inspired by England; photographs; a post card; a primary helicopter school flight training manual; and electronic media. The materials are dated 1967-1970 and 1998-1999.
Collection: Otis Bryan England Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 26 Jun 2024 [Updated: 09 Jul 2024]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Fact Sheets (292) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2920000000

Approximately half a linear foot of fact sheets document important information for helicopter pilots during the Vietnam Conflict. The fact sheets were distributed to helicopter pilots throughout the Vietnam Conflict and all date from the war era. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Fact Sheets
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 04 Jun 2006]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719 (296) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2960000000

Less than one linear foot of documents detail Operation Lam Son 719, the January 30, 1971 to April 6, 1971 operation to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines, as well as destroy their base areas in Laos. The materials date both from the war and post-war eras.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 05 Jun 2006]

John L. Taber Collection (2817) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 28170000000

The collection consists of approximately 3 linear feet of textual records, artifacts, audiovisual materials, and slides documenting John Taber's service as an aircraft commander with the 4th Battalion, 77th Aerial Rocket Artillery (A and B Battery) in Vietnam from August 1968 to July 1970. It includes pilot’s checklists; materials used by warrant officer candidates during flight school; an immunization certificate; operational and survival manuals; a Hobart College ID; and a DOD shot record showing R&R stamps.
Collection: John L. Taber Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 03 May 2017 [Updated: 30 Apr 2018]

Cecil H. Wilt Collection (3289) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32890000000

Approximately half of a linear foot of materials documenting Chief Warrant Officer Cecil Harman Wilt's U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. The materials include artifacts; flyers and pamphlets; manuals; award citations and certificates; photographs; correspondence; newsletters; and website printouts. The materials are dated 1967-1978, 1989-1995, 2000-2006, and 2016.
Collection: Cecil H. Wilt Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 11 Dec 2023 [Updated: 12 Jan 2024]

Larry Sloan Collection (3317) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 33170000000

Approximately 6.5 linear feet of materials documenting Colonel Larry Sloan's U.S. Army service as a Cobra helicopter pilot with D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division in the I Corps of Vietnam from July 1971 to July 1972. The materials include photographs, slides, and electronic media containing photograph/slide scans and a combat diary.
Collection: Larry Sloan Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 29 Jan 2024 [Updated: 15 Nov 2024]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Manuals (297) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2970000000

Approximately two and a half linear feet of manuals generated by the United States Armed Forces document the required reading for training to be a pilot in the U.S. military during the Vietnam Conflict and beyond. The materials date from both the war and post-war periods. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Manuals
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 05 Jun 2006]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Medical Units (309) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3090000000

Half a linear foot of ORLL, After Action Reports, individual recollection of units, and other types of unit histories and information document the service of medical helicopter units during the Vietnam Conflict. Materials date from both the war and post-war periods and are organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Medical Units
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]

Beck Gipson Collection (3377) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 33770000000

Approximately one linear foot of materials documenting Thomas Beckton Gipson's U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. The materials include correspondence (including transcriptions), helicopter manuals, and electronic media. The materials are dated 1967-1969.
Collection: Beck Gipson Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 29 Feb 2024 [Updated: 05 Mar 2024]

Vladimir R. Broz Collection (3478) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 34780000000

Approximately 3 linear feet of materials documenting Vladimir Broz's U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. The materials include artifacts; a pilot log book; air facilities data; safe conduct passes; propaganda leaflets; an ID card; clippings; award certificates; photographs and images; Vietnam Veterans celebration parade instructions; a yearbook; maps (including fragments); and posters. The materials are dated predominately 1963-1975 and 1985.
Collection: Vladimir R. Broz Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 09 Apr 2024 [Updated: 10 Jul 2024]

Christopher G. Gallavan Collection (3237) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32370000000

Approximately one linear foot of materials documenting Colonel Christopher Gordon Gallavan's U.S. Army service as a Cobra helicopter pilot with H Troop, 17th Air Cavalry Squadron from January to March 1973 and his helicopter training experiences. The materials include artifacts; operator's and crew member's checklist; tactical aerodrome directory for South Vietnam; helicopter rapid refueling study; periodicals; flight training plan maneuvers; military orders; boarding pass; pre/post flight procedures and checklists; maps (including hand drawn map of no fly zone around Ft. Wolters); certificates; U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School graduation ceremony program; electronic media; images; and flight records. The materials are dated 1971-1974.
Collection: Christopher G. Gallavan Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 29 Nov 2023 [Updated: 04 Dec 2023]

Don Farris Collection (3257) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32570000000

Approximately one linear foot of materials documenting Don Farris' U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot with A Company 123rd Aviation Battalion 23rd Americal Division in Vietnam. The materials include artifacts; flight information publications; technical bulletins and manuals; pilot checklists; photographs and images; slides; selective service documents; flyers and pamphlets; memos and correspondence; yearbooks; electronic media; ID card applications; military orders; service records; pay vouchers; travel authorization forms and vouchers; award citations; Ft. Rucker and U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School records (e.g. course worksheets, notes, reference materials, guides); receipts; rosters; tax records; enlistment records; medical records; flight records; certificates; army regulations; a radio frequencies list; and event programs. The materials are dated predominately 1967-1970.
Collection: Don Farris Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 05 Dec 2023 [Updated: 11 Dec 2023]

James M. Donohoe, Jr. Collection (3284) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 32840000000

Less than half of a linear foot of materials documenting James Donohoe's U.S. Army service as a helicopter pilot with B Troop 7th Squadron 17th Cavalry in Vietnam. The materials include clippings; postcards; website printouts; photographs; military orders (including court martial); award citations; flight records; moving images; and slides. The materials are dated 1968-1970 and 2015.
Collection: James M. Donohoe, Jr. Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 12 Jan 2024 [Updated: 19 Jan 2024]

Lieutenant General John Cushman Collection (067) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 0670000000

Half a linear foot of one VHS tape, documents and correspondence detail Lieutenant General John Cushman's service as advisor to the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) 21st Infantry Division, 1963-64. The date range of the materials are 1963-1990s and include information on the Viet Cong, pacification plans developed by Cushman in respect to the 21st Infantry Division, his deposition for the Westmoreland vs. CBS case, and his personal memoir.
Collection: Lieutenant General John Cushman Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 04 Oct 2019]

Loren Hall Collection (2583) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 25830000000

The collection consists of approximately one linear foot of museum objects, documents, maps, periodicals, newspapers, a photo and a DVD documenting Loren Hall's service in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot from 1967-1969 and again from 1970-1971. He served with the 134th Assault Helicopter Company (1967-1968); the 48th Assault Helicopter Company and 1st Aviation Brigade (1968-1969); C Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Division (1970-1971); and the 2nd Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (1971).

The museum objects include a duffle bag, a set of fatigues, and several unit patches, pins, and ribbons. The documents include personal military service documents; guides to Vietnam; R&R information packets for Japan and Sidney, Australia; Warrant Officer Candidate Student Guide; Fort Wolters Helicopter School guide; and United States Army Aviation welcome packet.
Collection: Loren Hall Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 25 Jul 2022 [Updated: 28 Oct 2024]

Harry W. Candler, Jr. Collection (3084) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 30840000000

The collection consists of a blood chit and 6 8mm films documenting Colonel Harry Candler's service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam that includes footage of the Battle of Ap Bac. The materials are dated 1963 and 1966-1968.

It also contains approximately a quarter of a linear foot of materials documenting Colonel Harry Candler's military service, including his time as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and as Advisor to the Royal Thai Army Aviation from 1968 to 1970. the materials include articles and clippings; certificates; memos and correspondence; service records; photographs and images; letters of commendation and appreciation; military orders; genealogical information; a eulogy honoring Warrant Officer Welch; Veterans: Allies of Freedom by Joseph Sujka (7th grade essay); film timestamps; flight records; award citations; earnings statements; military pay vouchers; documents regarding retirement from the U.S. Army; an artifact; educational and training records; medical records; enlistment papers; and ephemera. The materials are dated 1960-1985.
Collection: Harry W. Candler, Jr. Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 31 Mar 2023 [Updated: 12 Apr 2023]

Gary Higgins Collection (3114) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 31140000000

The materials include slides; photographs; notes; articles and clippings; timelines; organizational charts; award citations; casualty lists; an audio letter Higgins sent home to his parents; ephemera, annotated maps and map scans; images; periodicals; newspapers; rosters; unit histories (361st Aviation Company); aircraft losses; award recommendation forms; certificates; correspondence; books; spot reports; data sheets; website printouts; personal recollections and narratives; motion picture caption sheets; notes; 361st Aviation Company SOP for Combat Operations; memorial service programs; operational reports-lessons learned; pamphlets; statement of personal history (DD 398); sketches; and Vietnam War Memorial rubbings. Subjects include SLAM, cross border operations in Laos/Cambodia (e.g., Prairie Fire and Daniel Boone areas of operation), helicopter crashes, and Project 972. Items of particular note are two copies of The Short-Timers Weekly Vol 15 (19 October 1966). The materials are dated predominately 1965-1970; 1982; 1997-2000; 2002; 2008-2012; and 2016.
Collection: Gary Higgins Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 28 Apr 2023 [Updated: 16 May 2023]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: United States Army Aviation School (312) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3120000000

Half a linear foot of training guides, manuals and other materials document the course work and training materials used by the United States Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama and Fort Stewart, Georgia to train helicopter pilots. 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 Army Aviation School
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 25 Mar 2020]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Other Units (490) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 4900000000

The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA), is a non-profit war veterans organization filed under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Service and is dedicated to enhancing and accrediting the cohesiveness, esprit de corps, and traditions of valor of rotary wing aircrews that flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era. Currently, the VHPA has a membership of over 9,400 helicopter pilots from around the world. It has a web site located at: http://www.vhpa.org. The material is divided into the following series: Unit Histories and Related Information - This series contains information on unit involvement in Vietnam, including ORLL, After Action Reports, Individual Recollection of Units, and other types of Unit History and information. It is organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces, a list of which immediately follows this introduction. Operations - This series contains information on operations but does not specifically mention the units involved. Command Progress Reports - This series depicts in statistical form the measurement taken of mission accomplishment against programmed mission objectives at a specific point in time and includes various non-combat components involved with the helicopter pilots. Lam Son 719 - This series contains information on Operation Lam Son 719, the January 30, 1971 to April 6, 1971 operation to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines as well as destroy their base areas in Laos. Historical Reference Directory - This series contains copies of the VHPA Historical Reference Directory Membership Directory - This series contains copies of the VHPA Membership Directory United States Primary Helicopter School - This series contains information on the United States Primary Helicopter School at Fort Wolters, Texas. The bulk of this series is training guides and manuals used at the school to train pilots. United States Army Aviation School - This series contains information on the United States Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama and Fort Stewart, Georgia. The bulk of this series is training guides and manuals used at the school to train pilots. Manuals - This series contains manuals generated by the United States Armed Forces. General Files - This series contains information of a general nature and is further divided by subject. VHPA Newsletter - This series contains copies of the VHPA newsletter. Other Newsletters - This series contains copies of newsletter generated by other organizations and units related to helicopter pilots whom served in Vietnam. Fact Sheets - This series contains copies of the fact sheet papers distributed during the Vietnam War. Periodicals - This series contains periodicals donated by members of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. Printed Material - This series contains articles, or parts of books, copied by members of the VHPA and is further divided by subject. Separation Sheet - This list indicates material that has been placed in other collection in order to ensure archival preservation standards. Books will be catalogued and available on the Texas Tech University Library computer catalogue (www.lib.ttu.edu). Photographs are placed in archival photograph sleeves and under the VHPA series of the Vietnam Archive Photograph Collection. Audio- and Videotapes are located in the Vietnam Archive cold storage vault and can be recalled by the number listed.
Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Other Units
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 05 Feb 2002 [Updated: 09 May 2017]

James C. Smith Collection (2825) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 28250000000

Approximately 2.5 linear feet of moving images, audio material, documents, and a book collected by Major General James C. Smith. The audio recordings include music performances from the 1st Cavalry Division band, lectures on leadership given by Lieutenant General Zais, press briefings, and other programs. The videos include commercial films about the Vietnam War and home movies on Super 8mm and 16mm film. The home videos include footage from all three of Smith's tours of duty in Vietnam and date from 1966 through 1970. The footage includes change of command and awards ceremonies, footage of bases and landing zones (LZs), and the unit activities of the 1st Cavalry Division and the 101st Airborne Division. Of interest is one film showing footage of firebase Brick, Arsenal, Birmingham, Bastogne, and Ripcord from June 1970. Included with the film is a typed analysis of each firebase's defenses with suggestions on how to improve security. The documents and books talk about helicopter unit operations. The materials in this collection date from 1962 through 2000.
Collection: James C. Smith Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 11 Sep 2017 [Updated: 28 Sep 2017]

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: 02 Feb 2026]

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]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: United States Primary Helicopter School (313) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3130000000

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]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Printed Material (386) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3860000000

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]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - 1st Cavalry Division (304) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3040000000

Collection: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - 1st Cavalry Division
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 20 Aug 2002]

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

Collection: John G. (Jack) Heslin Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 02 Oct 2018 [Updated: 12 Sep 2022]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - 1st Aviation Brigade (303) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3030000000

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]

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: General Files (293) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 2930000000

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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