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Special Bulletin No. 6 - US Army Helicopter Operations in South Vietnam (1963)

Moving Image Item Number: 1390VI1616
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Physical Location
I005.0
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Format
16mm
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
23:59
Digitized in HD?
Yes
Dates
Creation: 1963
General Note
Color film with sound of one of the first DASPO team assignments of U.S. Army Advisors training in Vietnam with the use of helicopters. The film shows the use of the H-21(nicknamed the 'banana'), UH-1A and UH-1B armed helicopters. Also their use as MEDIVAC, machine gune and rocket power.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1390VI1616

Citation
Special Bulletin No. 6 - US Army Helicopter Operations in South Vietnam (1963), 1390VI1616. No Date, Chuck Abbott Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1390VI1616, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1390VI1616, Chuck Abbott Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 02 Aug 2004 [Updated: 15 Mar 2017]