Bernard Roberson Collection (1731) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 17310000000
- Collection
- Bernard Roberson Collection
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Pages
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 20 March 2006
Scope and Contents
Military administrative documents, certificates, maps, bumper stickers, patches, photographs, and museum objects document Bernard Roberson's career in the military.Biographical / Historical
Bernard Roberson, born 8 August 1939 in Romeo Michigan, volunteered for Army service in 1963. In 1965, Roberson graduated from the US Army Artillery and Missile Officer Candidate School in July 1965 (Ft. Sill Oklahoma); from US Army Transportation School in October 1967 (Ft. Eustis, Virginia) and US Army Aviation School in July 1968 (Hunter Airfield, Georgia). In 20 years of service, Roberson served one year in Vietnam from May 1969 to May 1970. In Vietnam, Captain Roberson was a CH-47 Chinook pilot and was stationed at Phu Hiep as a unit maintenance officer and service platoon leader. He retired as a Major in 1983.- 1
- Photographs
VA045232 - VA045252: 21 photographs of Captain Bernard E. Roberson in Virginia and Vietnam as a CH-47 Chinook pilot.
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- Maps
Section: 12 Drawer: 20 Folder: 1
US Army Aviation School Element, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Vietnam Conflict Map
Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia (May 1971)
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- Museum Objects
Patches:
Jungle Expert (1731museum2409)
101st Infantry Division (1731museum2410)
8th Infantry Division (3 patches) (1731museum2411)
1st Aviation Brigade (1731museum2412)
178th Aviation Company (1731museum2413)
Hellfire (1731museum2414)
C Company 159th Aviation Battalion (1731museum2415)
Blackhawk External Stores Support System (2 patches) (1731museum2416)
CH-47D Chinook (red) (1731museum2418)
CH-47D Chinook (white) (2 patches) (1731museum2417)
Varsity B/159 (1731museum2419)
180th Assault Suipport Helicopter Company (1731museum2420)
Pins:
Desert Storm (1731museum2400)
Liberty (1731museum2399)
Deutschland (1731museum2396)
Frankfurt (1731museum2397)
Sikorsky Aircraft (1731museum2398)
Helicopters, various (13) (1731museum2395)
Tie clasp with eagle (1731museum2401)
Wooden pillbox (1731museum2394)
Dog tags (Roberson) (1731museum2407)
Ammo box (1731museum2402)
Flight helmet bag (1731museum2406)
Blood chit (1731museum2404)
Earphones (1731museum2403)
Camouflage boonie hat (1731museum2405)
Duffel bags (2) (1731museum2375) (1731museum2376)
Rubber jackets (2) (1731museum2373) (1731museum2374)
Survival vests (2) (1731museum2377) (1731museum2378)
Survival vest contents:
Orange personnel marker sheet (1731museum2386)
Mini flare gun with flares (1731museum2385)
Drinking water storage bag (1731museum2379)
Roll of toilet paper (1731museum2384)
Tourniquet (1731museum2382)
Signal mirror (1731museum2383)
Fishing net (1731museum2381)
Pocket knife, folding (1731museum2391)
Pin light (1731museum2388)
Lighter (1731museum2392)
Glow sticks (2) (1731museum2387)
Lanyard (1731museum2380)
Distress signal light marker (1731museum2389)
Insect repellant bottle (1731museum2390)
Individual Survival Kit (1731museum2393)
Individual Survival Kit contents: (all contents 1731museum2393)
Bandage compress
Safety pins (2)
Band-Aids (12)
Straight razor
Cable Saw
Matchbook
Mosquito headnet and gloves
Iodine water purification pills
Betadine solution bottle
Insect repellant stick
Eye ointment
Compass
Stay-Awake tablets
Anti-Malaria pills
Pain killer pills
Diarrhea pills
Salt tablets
Anti-Bacterial pills
Survival manual
Pencil
Kit contents sheets
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- 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D059.3 ]]
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Certificates of training, education, awards, and commendations
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US Army Artillery and Missile School, Ft. SIll, Oklahoma. Officer Candidate Class 7-65 Graduation Program (3-6 July 1965) (2 copies)
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US Army Transportation School, Ft. Eustis, Virginia, Graduation Program (25 October 1967)
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US Army Aviation School Element, Hunter Airfield, Georgia, Graduation Program (30 July 1968)
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The Rotor News Vol 1 Num 12, Hunter Army Airfield (July 1968) (2 copies)
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The Wheeler (23 March 1967)
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268th Combat Aviation Battalion (article from Hawk)
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Air Force Officer Training School brochure
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Article from The Stars and Stripes (2 June 1976)
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Bumper stickers
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17310000000
- Citation
- Bernard Roberson Collection (1731) Finding Aid, Bernard Roberson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17310000000, Accessed 16 Mar 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 17310000000, Bernard Roberson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 19 Mar 2006 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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