Texas Tech University

Dr. Jim Smith, US Army Aviation Museum

Electronic Media Item Number: 3010EM1336
Media Type
Electronic Media
Physical Location
CS65.8C
Language(s)
English
General Note
This is a collection of video interview fragments with Colonel Richard M. Johnson, the then Director of DES at Fort Rucker and Harold Smith detailing their experience in Army Aviation. Additonally, are word documents giving full context to Lam Son 719 including background landcscape, conditions of the enemy in the area of operation, preperation, and progess of the operation. Also an interview transcript from an interview with Lieutenant General James H. Merryman detailing his experience in the Army.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3010EM1336

Citation
Dr. Jim Smith, US Army Aviation Museum, 3010EM1336. No Date, William Thomas Marshall, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3010EM1336, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
3010EM1336, William Thomas Marshall, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 14 Sep 2022 [Updated: 07 Dec 2022]