Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive

Slide

Slide Item Number: VAS104537

Item Creation Date: December 1964
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 12 Mar 2026 [Updated: 12 Mar 2026]
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121 AVN Association; Archive Version 1, 31 December 2011

Electronic Media Item Number: 2273EM0572

NOT DIGITIZED

[Number of Pages: 0]
CD-ROM containing the collected archive of the 121st Aviation Company Association. The disk contains photos, stories, annual reports, orders, etc of the company spanning the 1962-1970 time period.
Item Creation Date: 1962-1970
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 27 Mar 2012 [Updated: 07 Jan 2021]
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121 AVN Association; Archive Version 3, 31 December 2013

Electronic Media Item Number: 2273EM0614

NOT DIGITIZED

[Number of Pages: 0]
Two DVD-ROMs containing the collected archive of the 121st Aviation Company Association. The disk contains photos, stories, annual reports, orders, etc of the company spanning the 1962-1970 time period.
Item Creation Date: 31 December 2013
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 16 Apr 2014 [Updated: 07 Jan 2021]
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Slide

Slide Item Number: VAS104347

Item Creation Date: November 1964
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 05 Mar 2026 [Updated: 09 Mar 2026]
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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA079922

Item Creation Date: 1963
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 03 Feb 2025 [Updated: 02 Dec 2025]
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Images from Steve Griswold

Document Item Number: 22730124002

[Number of Pages: 9]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 04 Mar 2022 [Updated: 04 Mar 2022]

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Images from Jim McGuire

Document Item Number: 22730124003

[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 04 Mar 2022 [Updated: 04 Mar 2022]

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Shirt

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5443

White tailored button up shirt. The shirt has a tiger embroidered on the upper left chest area. The tiger is wearing camoflauge fatigues and is armed with a belt of grenades and two holstered weapons. Soc Trang Tigers is emrboidered above his head and Vietnam is embroidered below his feet. Inside the neck is a tag with Tailor Luong Phan S4 Hai Ba Trung Saigon embroidered in blue.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

Viet Cong Flag

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5444

Medium sized Viet Cong flag. The flag is half red and hald blue with a yellow star in the center. The red section of this flag has several large, dark almost black ink stains in it.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

1st Aviation Brigade Patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5428

1st Aviation Brigade patch from Jerry Zynda. The patch shows an orange bird standing on a red and white sword on top of a dark blue background with an orange border.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 21 Jul 2021 [Updated: 21 Jul 2021]

Cigarettes

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5429

Pack of Philip Morris Special Blend cigarettes from Jerry Zynda. Across the top of the pack is a seal that reads FREE OF TAX For use only of U. S. Military or Naval Forces and other authorized personnel outside the justification of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United States. This product is admitted free of duty.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 21 Jul 2021 [Updated: 21 Jul 2021]

Army XVI Corps patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5430

World War II patch for the US Army XVI Corps from Dr. Jim Hall. The patch is a green shield with a dark blue outline. There is a dark blue four point star in the middle of the patch on top of a white compas. The blue star has a white outline.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 21 Jul 2021 [Updated: 21 Jul 2021]

6th Army Patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5431

World War II 6th Army patch from Dr. Jim Hall. This patch is round with a dark green background. In the center is a six sided white star with a red outline and in the center of the star is a red capital A.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 21 Jul 2021 [Updated: 21 Jul 2021]

102nd Reserve Command (ARCOM) patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5432

102nd Reserve Command Patch from Dr. Jim Hall. The patch is round with a dark blue background. It has a yellow Z sigging inside a yellow U surrounded by a yellow circle in the center.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 21 Jul 2021 [Updated: 21 Jul 2021]

134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5433

Round patch with white background. The patch says 134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers around the edges. In the center is a cartoon tiger's head wearing a doctor's head mirror and stethoscope. The patch belonged to Dr. Jim Hall.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Air Medal

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5437

Dr. Jim Hall's Air Medal from 1963. The medal shows an eagle flying with two lightning bolts in its claws. It is hung on a dark blue ribbon with two orange stripes.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Pin

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5440

Metal red cross/medial pin from Dr. Jim Hall. The pin has a red cross outlined in gold with a gold Caduceus in the center.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

Flight Surgeon Wings

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5441

Set of flight surgeon wings from Dr. Jim Hall. The pin is silver and shows a caduceus inside a shield in the center with awings sprouting on each side of the shield.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

Packet

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5442

Part K

Paper packet possibly containing wet wipe from Floyd Jaco. On the outside in blue is Army US Special Services Vietnam with Special Services provides for you ... dayrooms, R&R, Crafts, Libraries, Sports, shops, Entertainment, Service clubs, Theaters.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

Name plate for 121st Aviation Company

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5427

Metal name plate with a dark blue background. The name plate has a tiger's head painted on it with a blue and white lightning bolt across its neck. Behind the tiger is the number 6 and painted across the bottom is Major Robinson.
Item Creation Date: May - November 1969
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 20 Jul 2021 [Updated: 26 Jul 2021]

Ejection Seat Qualification - United States Army Aviation School - Card

Document Item Number: 22730114017

[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 18 April 1966
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 01 Mar 2022 [Updated: 01 Mar 2022]

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Search Completion Card - Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center

Document Item Number: 22730120001

[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 18 January 2013
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 04 Mar 2022 [Updated: 04 Mar 2022]

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Images from Bill Bourn

Document Item Number: 22730124001

[Number of Pages: 8]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 04 Mar 2022 [Updated: 04 Mar 2022]

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Unidentified Images

Document Item Number: 22730124004

[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 04 Mar 2022 [Updated: 04 Mar 2022]

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Aeronautical Chart – Saigon (Vietnam) AGC-NC 48-7

Map Item Number: 2273map0270

Scale: 1:250,000
Country: Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 17 December 1962
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Jun 2021 [Updated: 28 Jun 2021]

Aeronautical Chart – Vinh Loi AGC-NC 48-11

Map Item Number: 2273map0271

Scale: 1:250,000
Item Creation Date: 19 July 1962
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Jun 2021 [Updated: 28 Jun 2021]

Aeronautical Chart – Tan Hung Dong AGC-NC 48-15

Map Item Number: 2273map0272

Scale: 1:250,000
Country: Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 19 July 1962
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Jun 2021 [Updated: 28 Jun 2021]

Aeronautical Chart – Quan Long AGC-NC48-10

Map Item Number: 2273map0273

Scale: 1:250,000
Country: Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 19 July 1962
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Jun 2021 [Updated: 28 Jun 2021]

134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers patch

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5434

Black patch shaped like a shield. The patch has a red outline with 134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers around the edges. In the center is a red plus sign. On top of the plus sign is a side profile of a tiger's head. The tiger is wearing a helmet and below the tiger is the medical caduces symbol. The patch came from Dr. Jim Hall.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Plaque

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5435

Wooden plaque shaped like a shield. Across the top is Phi213Doan in blue. In the center is a round symbol with a red background. Inside the symbol are two crossed maces held by a white wing with an arm. Across the top is Song Chuy in a yellow field. At the bottom of the plaque is a metal plate with the following engraving: Presented to Maj Charles A. Robinson Jr. 121st Avn Co from VNAF Pilots Capt Khoi - 1LT Toan Thai - Duong - Khanh
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Plaque

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5436

Rectangular plaque with a black background. Painted in the center is a tiger wearing military fatiques and a camoflauge boonie hat. The tiger has a white scarf around his neck and the words The Tigers of Da Nang & Soc Trang painted across his body. There are two chinook helicopters flying across the top. On the bottom is a brass plaque engraved with Capt J. G. Hall 134 th Med Det Vietnam 1963.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster, and Lapel Pin

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5438

Dr. Jim Hall's Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, which includes a ribbon bar with an oak leaf cluster, and a small metal lapel pin of the ribbon bar (without the oak leaf cluster).
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 22 Jul 2021]

Bronze Star, with Ribbon Bar, Lapel Pin and Ribbon

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5439

Dr. Jim Hall's Bronze Star medal. The medal also came with a ribbon bar, lapel pin and piece of ribbon.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 22 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]

Registration of War Trophy Firearms - US Government Printing Office - Form

Document Item Number: 22730108002

[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 26 June 1970
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Feb 2022 [Updated: 25 Feb 2022]

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Rations and Quarters - 121st Assault Helicopter Company - Form

Document Item Number: 22730110002

[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 03 August 1967
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 25 Feb 2022 [Updated: 25 Feb 2022]

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Handwritten Letter from John to Donald – re: pictures I took from Soc Trang

Document Item Number: 22730112001

[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 02 July 2013
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 28 Feb 2022 [Updated: 07 Mar 2022]

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1st Aviation Brigade Firing Rules for Armed Helicopter Engagement - Card

Document Item Number: 22730114018

[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 01 Mar 2022 [Updated: 01 Mar 2022]

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen-Linh-Chieu to Captain James G. Hall - re: Invitation to Goodbye Party

Document Item Number: 22730107004

[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 24 Feb 2022 [Updated: 24 Feb 2022]

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Speech Transcript of Chief of Health Services of Bá Xuyên Province, Dr. Lễ-Ký-Văn on the Tenth International Day of the Leprous

Document Item Number: 22730107017

[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 24 Feb 2022 [Updated: 01 Mar 2022]

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Aeronautical Chart – Long Xuyen AGC-NC 48-6

Map Item Number: 2273map0269

[Number of Pages: 1]
Scale: 1:250,000
Country: Vietnam
Author(s): Army Map Service
Item Creation Date: 06 August 1962
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 18 Jun 2021 [Updated: 28 Jun 2021]

Viet Cong Pennant

Museum Object Item Number: 2273museum5445

Part L

Triangluar Viet Cong Pennant. The flag is half red and half blue with a yellow star in the center. Two of the edges have a one inch multi colored fringe. The pennant has been sewn onto a regangular piece of heavy cloth. On one corner of the cloth is a paper letter.

Tieu Doan 21 Sung Coi
Tieu Doan Truong
3rd July 1963
Doctor Hall
It is a pleasure and honor for me to present you with an anthentic VIET CONG flag. The flag was captured from a VC unit, lately in the vicinity of Soc Trang by Vietnamese ground combat troops.

Please consider this flat as a token of frendship and evidence of a common enemy.

Sincerely yours

[signature illegible]

Nguyen-Ngoc-San
Captain - ARTY
Item Creation Date: 03 July 1963
Collection: 121st Aviation Association Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 23 Jul 2021 [Updated: 23 Jul 2021]