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Letter from Frank to Dick - re: Garry's Trip to Vietnam
Document Item Number: 0690522041
  • 0690522041
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 03 December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 20 Oct 2021 [Updated: 21 Oct 2021]
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Henry W. Bardenhagen 'Hank' - Note
Document Item Number: 0690521006
  • 0690521006
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: 28 December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Oct 2021 [Updated: 14 Oct 2021]
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Photograph Item Number: VA072918
Memorial Day Weekend May 1997; Dallas/Fort Worth Airport; Dick Detra and Crew Chief Greg Allen; First reunion since NAM 29yrs (Sad)
Item Creation Date: May 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 24 Jan 2022 [Updated: 24 Jan 2022]
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Notes - re: Waste Burning Detail
Document Item Number: 0690429014
  • 0690429014
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 26 March 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 01 Nov 2019 [Updated: 04 Nov 2019]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA072910
May 31, 1997; FT. Meyers, Florida; Memorial Day; Front Row L-R; Mike Mullen; Dan Wooley; Tom Bartleson; Dennis Smalley; Back Row L-R; Dick Detra; (Top) Ramon DePalm Sr.; Dave Miller; Spider gun platoon reunion; The day Karna and I were married in Tom Bartleson's swimming pool.
Item Creation Date: May 31, 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 24 Jan 2022 [Updated: 24 Jan 2022]
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My Tho
Map Item Number: 069map0151
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[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:50000
Country: Republic of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 01 July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Jul 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2019]
Truc Giang
Map Item Number: 069map0152
    069map0152
[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:50000
Country: Republic of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 01 July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Jul 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2019]
Vung Liem
Map Item Number: 069map0153
    069map0153
[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:50000
Country: Republic of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 01 July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Jul 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2019]
Ph Kampong Trac
Map Item Number: 069map0154
    069map0154
[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:50000
Country: Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia
Item Creation Date: 01 September 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Jul 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2019]
Khum Trapeang Phlong
Map Item Number: 069map0155
    069map0155
[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:50000
Country: Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia
Item Creation Date: 01 December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 10 Jul 2018 [Updated: 12 Feb 2019]
Postcard from Sgt. James Vchulek to Dick Detra - re: Time During Operation Joint Endeavor
Document Item Number: 0690312027
  • 0690312027
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 02 Oct 2019 [Updated: 04 Oct 2019]
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Personal Narrative - re: Leroy Lamb's Wounds
Document Item Number: 0690429013
  • 0690429013
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: April 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 01 Nov 2019 [Updated: 04 Nov 2019]
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Letter from Major Daniel B. Gibson to Dick Detra - re: unit awards approved for the 188th Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam Conflict
Document Item Number: 0690509001
  • 0690509001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 29 August 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 11 Dec 2019 [Updated: 11 Dec 2019]
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Morning Report, 188th Aviation Company (AML), 269th Combat Aviation Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Group - Photo [Incomplete]
Document Item Number: 0690301013
  • 0690301013
[Number of Pages: 28]
Item Creation Date: 22 July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 26 Aug 2019 [Updated: 26 Aug 2019]
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Letter from Frank to Dick - re: Son's Accident
Document Item Number: 0690522040
  • 0690522040
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 17 November 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 20 Oct 2021 [Updated: 20 Oct 2021]
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Letter from Richard A. Detra to Richard W. Stewart - re: request for declassified information relating to the 188th Assault Helicopter Company
Document Item Number: 0690504019
  • 0690504019
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 13 June 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 19 Nov 2019 [Updated: 20 Nov 2019]
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Letter from Frank to Dick re - Platoon leader
Document Item Number: 0690522039
  • 0690522039
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 19 April 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 20 Oct 2021 [Updated: 21 Oct 2021]
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Letter from Bob Spradlin to Dick Detra - re: Medevac Out of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 0690520055
  • 0690520055
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 21 May 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 04 Dec 2019 [Updated: 04 Dec 2019]
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Letter from John F. Soares to Dick Detra - re: Helicopter Door Art and Typhoon Bess Crash
Document Item Number: 0690429026
  • 0690429026
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 25 November 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 04 Nov 2019 [Updated: 04 Nov 2019]
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Letter from Frank to Dick - re: Contributions to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Funds
Document Item Number: 0690522042
  • 0690522042
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 12 December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 21 Oct 2021 [Updated: 22 Oct 2021]
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Letters from Paul L. Brubaker to Dick Detra - re: Patches and Insignia
Document Item Number: 0690312025
  • 0690312025
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 02 Oct 2019 [Updated: 02 Oct 2019]
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Letters from the Department of the Army to Dick Detra - re: information concerning the 188th Aviation Company
Document Item Number: 0690508007
  • 0690508007
[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 25 Nov 2019 [Updated: 25 Nov 2019]
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Letter from Frank to Dick - re: Battalion Commander
Document Item Number: 0690522038
  • 0690522038
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 08 April 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 20 Oct 2021 [Updated: 20 Oct 2021]
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Know Your Enemy: The Viet Cong
Moving Image Item Number: 069VI3774
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Item Creation Date: 01 January 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 24 Jul 2018 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
Units of the 25th Infantry Division - Tropic Lighting Flashes - List
Document Item Number: 0690522055
  • 0690522055
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: June 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 26 Oct 2021 [Updated: 26 Oct 2021]
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1997 Membership Directory - Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association - Cover Page
Document Item Number: 0690530003
  • 0690530003
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 14 Feb 2022 [Updated: 14 Feb 2022]
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Post Aviation Brigade Splits - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 0690604016
  • 0690604016
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 01 May 2019 [Updated: 01 May 2019]
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Letter from George O. Charity III to Dick Detra - re: Personal Experience in the 188th
Document Item Number: 0690519018
  • 0690519018
[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: 24 November 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 21 Nov 2019 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]
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The Trading Post : The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors (The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 069Serial422996
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[Number of Pages: 64]
DI's by Jay Massaro
Cover Story by Jay Massaro
Tid-Bits by LTC William K. Emerson
Patrol Torpedo Boat Pins by R. J. Soafer
USAF Fire Protection Patches by Jack R. Bol
ID Correction by Charles Aresta
The 6960th HQ Det ("T" Force) by Les Hughed
VB/VPB - 135 by Albert Mark
The Fifth Army Airborne Training Center by Les Hughes
New Distinctive Insignia by Jim Greene
New Cloth Insignia by Jim Greene
Royal Air Force Insignia by Lee A. Kampstad
Black Widows (188th Assault Hel Co) by Dick Detra
Color Patches (188th Assault Hel Co) by Dick Detra
U.S. Army Insignia Specifications by LTC William K. Emerson
Organizations of the U. S. Army by James A. Aswicki
VW-2 by Robert G. Borrell
40th Infantry Division AVN Co (Prov) by Dave Kaufman
Presidential/White House ID Badges by R. J. Soafer
Book Review by Dave Kaufman
Some Unusual Naval Cap Insignia by John A. Stacey
Volume: 56
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: January-March 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 05 Aug 2008 [Updated: 21 Oct 2025]
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The Trading Post : The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors (The American Society of Military Insignia Collectors) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 069Serial611036
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[Number of Pages: 64]
DI's by Jay Massaro
Cover Story by Jay Massaro
Tid-Bits by LTC William K. Emerson
Patrol Torpedo Boat Pins by R. J. Soafer
USAF Fire Protection Patches by Jack R. Bol
ID Correction by Charles Aresta
The 6960th HQ Det ("T" Force) by Les Hughed
VB/VPB - 135 by Albert Mark
The Fifth Army Airborne Training Center by Les Hughes
New Distinctive Insignia by Jim Greene
New Cloth Insignia by Jim Greene
Royal Air Force Insignia by Lee A. Kampstad
Black Widows (188th Assault Hel Co) by Dick Detra
Color Patches (188th Assault Hel Co) by Dick Detra
U.S. Army Insignia Specifications by LTC William K. Emerson
Organizations of the U. S. Army by James A. Aswicki
VW-2 by Robert G. Borrell
40th Infantry Division AVN Co (Prov) by Dave Kaufman
Presidential/White House ID Badges by R. J. Soafer
Book Review by Dave Kaufman
Some Unusual Naval Cap Insignia by John A. Stacey
Volume: 56
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: January-March 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 15 May 2018 [Updated: 21 Oct 2025]
Behind The Lines : The Journal of U.S. Military Special Operations (Behind the Lines) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 069Serial611061
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[Number of Pages: 80]
History According to Me - You thought publishing a book was easy! by Burton Anderson
Want to be a Ranger? A Secret to Graduating: The National Guard Pre-Ranger Course by Sgt. Michael Sparks, USANG
Demos - A legendary Navy SEAL explores his roots at UDT-SEAL museum at Ft. Pierce, Florida by Barry Enoch
A Camp in the Clouds - Special Forces soldiers lead their Bru Montagnards on combat patrols against the enemy during the early years of the Vietnam War by Charles MacDonald
Binh Gia: The Battle - The Capture and Execution of Ranger Harold G. Bennett - The tragic tale of a genuine American hero by Mike Martin
Son Tay - A Story of Success - The "real" story of the Son Tay Raid into North Vietnam by Greg Walker
"General Stuart, Where Have You Been?" by William R. Phillips

Columns
TOC Talk BTL's executive editor warns of the long range effects of downsizing and budget cuts on our military
The Lost Command - Kregg P.J. Jorgenson, BTL's editor-in-chief, reveals that he still hasn't lost his poignent sense of humor
Fire in the Hole - Kenn Miller takes on the issue of women in combat - and survives

Departments
Around the AO - Krott's back from Africa with more provincial wisdom
The Bernal Diaz Award - There's still time to cast your vote for your favorite military fiction and non-fiction authors, but you're going to have to hurry
Gear Locker - New toys and joys for the boys
Tools of the Trade - Back for a second time because of reader demand
Book Reviews
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: September/October 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 24 Jul 2018 [Updated: 09 Jan 2026]
Email from Robert Daniel Wallace to Dick Detra - re: The package
Document Item Number: 0690523006
  • 0690523006
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 04 September 2001
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 28 Oct 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
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Stories from the Past - Source Unknown - Newsletter Excerpt
Document Item Number: 0690527013
  • 0690527013
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 28 May 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 26 Jan 2022 [Updated: 27 Jan 2022]
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Letter from Vietnam: The Zippo War - Vanity Fair - Article
Document Item Number: 0690305009
  • 0690305009
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): David Margolick
Item Creation Date: December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 30 Aug 2019 [Updated: 30 Aug 2019]
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The Military Airlift Command, 10 & 2 - Military - Magazine Article
Document Item Number: 0690521010
  • 0690521010
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: September 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 14 Oct 2021 [Updated: 14 Oct 2021]
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10th Mountain Division Shoulder Insignia - Trading Post - Article
Document Item Number: 0690312026
  • 0690312026
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Al Kauffman
Item Creation Date: July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 02 Oct 2019 [Updated: 28 Oct 2019]
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Operation Attleboro: The Wolfhounds' Brave Stand / Firsthand Account: Marine F-4 Phantom Over Hanoi / Fall of Cambodia and the Mayaguez Incident / Battle of Tu Le: Retreat from Hell - Vietnam Magazine [Incomplete]
Document Item Number: 0690305005
  • 0690305005
[Number of Pages: 10]
Item Creation Date: October 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 30 Aug 2019 [Updated: 30 Aug 2019]
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A Season of Hope - The American Legion Magazine - Article
Document Item Number: 0690312018
  • 0690312018
[Number of Pages: 5]
Author(s): Charles Newcomb
Item Creation Date: December 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 01 Oct 2019 [Updated: 28 Oct 2019]
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Rapid Fire Recon Team in Trouble - Vietnam Magazine - Article
Document Item Number: 0690313010
  • 0690313010
[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: June 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 04 Oct 2019 [Updated: 28 Oct 2019]
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Individual Deceased Personnel Files for Richard L. Moore and Jerry Lee Beckham
Document Item Number: 0690303001
  • 0690303001
[Number of Pages: 73]
Item Creation Date: 08 July 1997
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 28 Aug 2019 [Updated: 30 Aug 2019]
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1997 Calendar: Widow Maker - Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
Document Item Number: 0690202002
  • 0690202002
[Number of Pages: 28]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 14 Nov 2019 [Updated: 15 Nov 2019]
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