Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive

Letter from Marion A. Salters to Representative Tom Cole - re: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Awarded the Presidential Unit Citation

Document Item Number: 0690524014

[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: 03 Nov 2021 [Updated: 03 Nov 2021]

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Letter from Johnny Sandmann to Jack O Johnson - re: Contacted the Department of the Army and Attachment

Document Item Number: 0690524015

[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 14 October 2008
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 03 Nov 2021 [Updated: 04 Nov 2021]

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DVD - 269th CAB/ 188th AHC Vietnam 1967 - 1968

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4582

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One DVD narrated by Jack Johnson consisting of footage from his second tour in Vietnam during 1967-1968. The CD depicts base camps, bunkers, barracks, an officer’s club, boats, soldiers constructing Camp Eagle, Vietnamese villages, Cu Chi, Dau Tieng, Tay Ninh, China Beach, award ceremonies, a change of command ceremony, infantry units patrolling during a convoy, damages to villages due to the TET Offensive, and R&R in Bangkok and Singapore.
Item Creation Date: 27 July 2006
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 19 Jul 2024]

DVD - UTT/68th Aviation Company Vietnam 1964-1965

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4577

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One DVD narrated by Jack Johnson containing various locations including downtown Saigon, Tan Son Nhut Airfield, Phan Thiet, Da Nang, Highway 13, and Hong Kong. The DVD contains scenes including Johnson’s first operation supporting special force B220, rocket shooting and reloading, a special forces camp, parachute jumps with special forces, bunkers, Vietnamese villages, award ceremonies, a riot, funeral processions, and helicopters.
Item Creation Date: 07 February 2004
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]

DVD - Remastered Black Widow/Spider Video 1967-1968 Volume XII

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4578

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One DVD featuring footage and images of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows/Spiders in 1967 -1968. The DVD contains various scenes including soldiers in the jungle and rice paddies, base camps and bunkers, river and sea boats, aerial views of Landing Zone Sally and Vietnam, helicopter nose art and helicopters in flight, rocket launching and gunfire, an award ceremony, and a performance for the soldiers.
Item Creation Date: 03 April 2009
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]

DVD - Volume XVIII - 1967 through 1970 Black Widows/Spiders

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4581

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One DVD of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows during 1967-1970. The DVD contains various footage and images including bunkers, base camps, barracks, Landing Zone Sally, Firebases Vegal, Bastogne, and Birmingham, Son Be Special Forces Camp, Nui Ba De Mountain in Tay Nin, Marble Mountain Airbase, Da Nang Bay, Dau Tieng, Duc Hoa, aerial views of Vietnam, boats, combat assaults, night firing, artillery and ammunition, helicopter cockpits and nose art, radio transmissions, a captured Viet Cong, soldiers participating in recreational activities and construction, and performances for soldiers.
Item Creation Date: 14 December 2011
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]

DVD - UTT Helicopter Company Vietnam 1964 - 1965

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4583

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One DVD narrated by Jack Johnson containing footage of the UTT/68th Aviation Company in Vietnam. The footage includes downtown Saigon, Da Nang, Nui Ba Den, Tay Ninh, Binh Gia, Vietnamese villages, special forces compounds and camps, a Saigon orphanage, rice paddies, bunkers, an officer’s club, injured soldiers, special forces parachute jump, a combat parachute jump, B220 detachment special forces operations, operation Yellowstone, rocket shooting, award ceremonies, funeral processions, riots, flight formations, performances for the soldiers, aerial views of Vietnam, and an R&R trip to Hong Kong.
Item Creation Date: 07 February 2004
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 19 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]

Vietnam The Chopper War

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI2734

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As US Troops were committed in ever-increasing numbers in the 1960s to protect South Vietnam from Communist takeover, it became clear they faced a double enemy in the Vietcong and the inhospitable South-East Asian terrain. The helicopter turned the tide, revolutionizing the face of warfare at a stroke and laying down a blueprint for the future. With much previously classified film footage shot on both the ground and in the air, this program examines the integral role played by the helicopter.
Item Creation Date: 2005
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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DVD - Black Widow/Spiders 1967-1968 Volume XIV Part I

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4579

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One DVD of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows/Spiders in 1966-1967. The DVD contains images and footage of various locations including Dau Tieng, Tan An, Landing Zone Sally, Highway One, Nha Trang Lighthouse, Tiger Division Headquarters, Da Nang Bay, Vietnamese Villages, and Firebases Bastogne and Vegal. The DVD depicts images of clip art, Joe Kline’s Vietnam art, medals, various helicopter models, base camps, bunkers, barracks, officer clubs, various helicopter models and nose art, rocket and night firing, air strikes, combat assaults, soldiers in the jungle, a captured Viet Cong, crashed helicopters and wreckage, and performances for the soldiers.
Item Creation Date: 12 December 2011
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]

DVD - Black Widow Photo Slideshow 1967-2008 Volume XIV

Moving Image Item Number: 640VI4580

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One DVD of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company Black Widows/Spiders from 1967-2008. The DVD features various images including barracks, base camps, bunkers, Ft. Wolters Flight Training School, Nha Trang Headquarters, Saigon, Mai Loc, Vietnamese villages, firebases, Landing Zone Sally, soldiers at a Vietnamese beach, group photos of soldiers, aerial views of Vietnam, helicopter cockpits, helicopter nose art, damaged and wrecked helicopters, helicopter maintenance, combat assaults, ammunition and artillery, award ceremonies, performances for soldiers, Vietnamese boats, a color presentation to A Company 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment at Ft. Cambell Kentucky, and Black Widows at VHPA reunions. Also included are more recent images of newer Black Widow units including change of command ceremonies and units in Kwait and Balad, Iraq.
Item Creation Date: 22 May 2009
Collection: Jack Johnson Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 12 Jul 2024 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]