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The Personal Experience, Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam
Moving Image Item Number: 640VI2726
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Item Creation Date: 17 April 2001
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 11 Nov 2009 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
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Item Creation Date: 17 April 2001
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 11 Nov 2009 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
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The Personal Experience - Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam
Moving Image Item Number: 069VI3597
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This tape was made by a pilot from our sister unit the 116th AHC based at Cu Chi. Jefferson and his film crew came to my home in Brisbane California 4/2000 and scanned photo of mine for his documentary. My photos are on this tape.
Item Creation Date: 11 May 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 03 Apr 2018 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Item Creation Date: 11 May 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 03 Apr 2018 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Vietnam the Helicopter War (dubbed copy)
Moving Image Item Number: 069VI3604
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History Channel Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam with footage and photos from the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. The film includes previously unseen footage from Super 8mm film from helicopter crews. The film also interviews 15 or so pilots who discuss the danger of flying, their feelings about the war and how they felt about the public reactions to the war at home.
Also included article "Feature: Vietnam: The helicopter war" 28 May 2001 by Lou Marano UPI. A short article about the film. This article can be found in the manuscript material for this collection.
Item Creation Date: 09 June 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 23 Apr 2018 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Also included article "Feature: Vietnam: The helicopter war" 28 May 2001 by Lou Marano UPI. A short article about the film. This article can be found in the manuscript material for this collection.
Item Creation Date: 09 June 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 23 Apr 2018 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Video History of the 188th AHC, Vietnam, 1967-1968
Moving Image Item Number: 069VI2350
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VHS Documentary of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows and Spiders. Produced by 2nd Platoon/Spiders door gunner Dick Detra and Black Widow 6, LTC Jack O. Johnson, who also narrates the film. The Black Widow Theme Song and Chopper Gunner were sung at LZ Sally in June 1968 by 1st Platoon door gunner John Nordenstrom. The 188th served in Vietnam from late April 1967 to July 1, 1968. Stationed for eight months at Dau Tieng/Camp Rainier in the Western III Corps' Michelin Rubber Plantation forty miles northwest of Saigon, and four months at LZ Sally in the Northern I Corps area of operations seven miles north of Hue. The Black Widows flew missions in all four corps areas of operation and across the fence into Cambodia and Laos in support of the 5th Special Forces, CCN and SOG. During combat operations in Vietnam, the 'Spider People' of the 188th had a casualty rate of thirty percent.
Item Creation Date: January 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Dec 2006 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
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VHS Documentary of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows and Spiders. Produced by 2nd Platoon/Spiders door gunner Dick Detra and Black Widow 6, LTC Jack O. Johnson, who also narrates the film. The Black Widow Theme Song and Chopper Gunner were sung at LZ Sally in June 1968 by 1st Platoon door gunner John Nordenstrom. The 188th served in Vietnam from late April 1967 to July 1, 1968. Stationed for eight months at Dau Tieng/Camp Rainier in the Western III Corps' Michelin Rubber Plantation forty miles northwest of Saigon, and four months at LZ Sally in the Northern I Corps area of operations seven miles north of Hue. The Black Widows flew missions in all four corps areas of operation and across the fence into Cambodia and Laos in support of the 5th Special Forces, CCN and SOG. During combat operations in Vietnam, the 'Spider People' of the 188th had a casualty rate of thirty percent.
Item Creation Date: January 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Dec 2006 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
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