121st Aviation Association Collection (2273) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 22730000000
- Collection
- 121st Aviation Association Collection
- Association
- 121st Aviation Association
- Association
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- Title
- 121st Aviation Association Collection (2273) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009-12-17
- Linear Feet
- 0.5
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1962 - 1970
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of electronic media containing the 121st Aviation Association archive with annual supplements. The archive includes images, written stories, and official documentation for the 93rd Transportation Company (Light Helicopter), the 121st Aviation Company, the 121st Assault Helicopter Company, the 80th Transportation Detachment and other attached units from 1962 through 1970.The collection also includes materials collected from members of the 121st Aviation Association by the association's historian Robert Greene. The materials include award citations; periodicals; yearbooks; moving images; audio; photographs; and slides. Also included is a book written by Dr. James Hall (pen name Jay Hoyland), who served as a flight surgeon with the 93rd Helicopter Company (Soc Trang Tigers).
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- Audio
2273AU4544 - 3" reel - Recording of Tet Offensive attack
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- Books
Through the Eyes of a Tiger: An Army Flight Surgeon's Vietnam Journal by Jay Hoyland, 2009
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- Serials
Hawk: 1969: October
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- Moving Images
2273VI3942 - Vietnam: It's a Mad World featuring Major Joe Levinson
2273VI3943 – Video of Soc Trang and Saigon by George Muccianti 1964
2273VI3944 – Video of Payton Rowan’s service at Soc Trang, Vietnam in 1962
2273VI4037 - VHS - Vietnam Mad War
2273VI4038 - VHS - Vietnam Mad War
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- Maps
2273map0269 – Aeronautical Chart – Long Xuyen AGC-NC 48-6 1:250,000
2273map0270 – Aeronautical Chart – Saigon (Vietnam) AGC-NC 48-7 1:250,000
2273map0271 – Aeronautical Chart – Vinh Loi AGC-NC 48-11 1:250,000
2273map0272 – Aeronautical Chart – Tan Hung Dong AGC-NC 48-15 1:250,000
2273map0273 – Aeronautical Chart – Quan Long AGC-NC48-10 1:250,000
2273map0274 – USAF Pilotage Chart PC K-10G Cambodia Vietnam 1:500,000
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- Museum Objects
2273museum5427 – Name plate for 121st Aviation Company
2273museum5428 – 1st Aviation Brigade Patch
2273museum5429 – Cigarettes
2273museum5430 – Army XVI Corps patch
2273museum5431 – 6th Army Patch
2273museum5432 – 102nd Reserve Command (ARCOM) patch
2273museum5433 – 134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers patch
2273museum5434 – 134th Medical Detachment Soc Trang Tigers patch
2273museum5435 – Plaque
2273museum5436 – Plaque
2273museum5437 – Air Medal
2273museum5438 – Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster, and Lapel Pin
2273museum5439 – Bronze Star, with Ribbon Bar, Lapel Pin and Ribbon
2273museum5440 – Pin
2273museum5441 – Flight Surgeon Wings
2273museum5442 – Packet
2273museum5443 – Shirt
2273museum5444 – Viet Cong Flag
2273museum5445 – Viet Cong Pennant
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- Electronic Media
2273EM0468 – 121st Aviation Company Historical Report with Annual Supplements, 1963-1970
2273EM0572 – 121 AVN Association Archive Version 1, 31 December 2011
2273EM0614 – 121 AVN Association Archive Version 3, 31 December 2013
2273EM0636 – 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 5 February 2016
2273EM0658 – 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 6 January 2017
2273EM0905 – 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 7 January 2018
2273EM1216 – USB Drive - 121 AVN Association Archive Version 2 Part 1 & 2, 31 December 2012
2273EM1217 - USB Drive - 121 AVN Association Archive Version 4
2273EM1218 - USB Drive - 121 AVN Association Archive Version 8
2273EM1219 - USB Drive - 121 AVN Association Archive Version 9
2273EM1220 - USB Drive - 121 AVN Association Archive Version 10
2273EM1295 - USB Drive - 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 11
2273EM1221 - CD containing scans of photos from Dennis Kalogiros 1968
2273EM1222 – CD containing scans of documents, photos etc. from Alan A. Howardell SP4 E4
2273EM1223 – CD containing scans of Richard (Rick) Weimar’s photos from 1969
2273EM1224 – CD containing scans of Gilberto Mendoza’s slides from March 1966 to February 1967
2273EM1225 - CD containing scans of Fred Lammers photos from 1967-1968 Soc Trang White Tigers
2273EM1226 - CD containing scans of photographs from Bart Kent July 1967 – July 1968
2273EM1227 – CD containing scans of photographs from Paul McClymonds 1969
2273EM1228 – CD containing scans of photographs from John Spears – Soc Trang, Vietnam 1963-1964
2273EM1229 – CD containing scans of photographs from Don Wilson 1966-1967
2273EM1369 - USB Drive - 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 12
2273EM1499 - USB Drive - 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 13
2273EM1575 - USB Drive - 121st Aviation Association Archive Version 14
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- Slides
Scenes from an air assault
324 Slides from Gerald Zynda – images of helicopters, aerial scenes, USO shows, military scenes 1966 – 1967
491 Slides from Jim McGuire – images of helicopters, Camau casualties, Soc Trang, city scenes, dustoff 1964-1965
42 Slides from Donn Cuson – images of Vung Tau, Saigon, and Soc Trang
33 slides from Ernie Miller - Vietnamese civilians, including children; helicopters; street scenes; markets; helicopter gunner; soldiers (American and Vietnamese, offloading from helicopter); sampans
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- Photographs
42 photographs, 5 color negatives - hamlet and outpost resupplies; villagers; evacuation of refugees; personnel changes; Rach Gia; helicopters transporting vehicles; street scenes; Soc Trang; 121st Aviation Company base; Christmas candle display; unidentified airfield; helicopter assaults; helicopter gunner; color; 2.5 x 3.5 inches, 3.5 x 5 inches
6 photographs - 114th Aviation Company mess hall dedication ceremony (1 April 1964); b&w; 3.5 x 5.5 inches
24 photographs - General Woolrough's inspection tour (28 April 1964); b&w; 3.5 x 5 inches
17 photographs - BG Joseph E. Stillwill, Jr. farewell (27 June 1964); b&w; 3.5 x 5.5 inches
8 photographs - scenes from an unidentified airfield; b&w; 5 x 7 inches
123 photographs - scenes of base life; aerial views; Vinh Long; Joe Levinson; Soc Trang (including Army International Aerial Port); weapons and artillery; helicopters (e.g. transporting vehicles and supplies, damaged, attack formations); preparations for an assault; 57th Medical Ambulance Hueys; soldiers crossing LZ during assault (Tan Hiep); General Dan Van Quang (21st Division Commander); General Stillwell and General Woolrough; Vietnamese pulling a 105 Howitzer from a river; lotus flowers; Vietnamese children; street scenes; Buddhist temples; Catholic orphanage; boats unloading rice at a mill; alert team in a bunker; soldiers resting, playing music; planning meetings and debriefs; soldiers dressed in Vietnamese clothing; b&w; various sizes
32 photographs - award ceremonies; USASCV Commanders Conference group photo; 25th Division gunners unit photo; Soc Trang International airport; helicopters (e.g. attack formation); weapons; Vietnamese soldiers (e.g in the jungle, in tanks); Soc Trang 121st Aviation Company base (including residential areas); military vehicles; soldiers (e.g. cleaning their weapons, in an officer's club); b&w; 8 x 10 inches
63 photographs from Jim McGuire – images of helicopters, Camau casualties, Soc Trang, city scenes, dustoff 1964-1965
5 photographs from Tom Iloweichi – helicopters and soldiers
5 photographs from Ron Janes – Soc Trang
1 photograph from Marley Lewis – 2 soldiers in fatigues
1 photograph from Payton Rowan – portrait
1 photograph from Carl V. Mickelson – cartridge case embedded in tail rotor
48 photographs from Bill Metzler – Soc Trang, helicopters, camp life November 1963 – November 1964
5 photographs from Steve Roberts – images of huey helicopter from the Wings and Rotors Air Museum
12 photographs from John Loper – soldiers with large snake, helicopters, and helicopter crashes
13 photographs from Curtis Dassonville – Soc Trang, helicopters, troop quarters 1964-1965
6 photographs – Tuffy the tiger, Blue Tiger group, 1966 Presidential Unit Citation ceremony
1 photo from John K. Carpenter – 121st Aviation mascot “Tuffy” at the St. Louis Zoo
15 photographs from Richard Byron – Soc Trang, helicopters 1962
28 photographs from David A. McLane – Soc Trang, camp life, helicopters 1968
96 photographs from Dr. Jim Hall – doctors, patients, soldiers 1962 – 1963
69 photographs from Emmett Williams – 80th Transportation 1963 (4 X 6 size)
35 photographs from Emmett Williams – 80th Transportation 1963 (8 X 10 size)
1 photograph from Michael Dewey - Man holding length of machine gun bullets 1969
1 photograph from Bertram Leach - photo of the Soc Trang Tigers patch
Negatives
319 negative images from Jim McGuire 1964
3 photographs - MSG John K. Carpenter; color; 3.5 x 5 inches
99 photographs from Robert Greene - 121st Assault Helicopter Company; Bac Lieu; Major Dick Buxton, Captain Tommy Grier; captured weapons; aerial views; Soc Trang; helicopters and other aircraft, including damage (CH-47, Huey, UH-1B, U-10, DC-3, C-123, Caribou, UH-1D); airfields (Soc Trang, Tan Hiep, Vinh Long, Ft. Rucker); construction; ARVN; hootches; Chuck Koegel, Dick Lattin, Doug Gill; Don Wilson; Seven Mountains; Cambodian border; Special Forces outposts; Vietnamese civilians (including children); sampans; Cao Lanh; Air America; Air Vietnam; Thai Air Force; Chou Duc; bombing; Plain of Reeds; wildlife; Vi Tanh; soldiers in formation; military ceremonies; Vietnamese soldiers; Mekong Delta; office; helicopter gunners; 21st ARVN Division Advisory Team; Vietnamese Chief-of-State inspecting Revolutionary Development fort; Can Tho; My Tho; street scenes; 7th ARVN Division MAAG; base scenes; nose art; Michelin rubber plantation; helicopters in formation; b&w, color; 2.5 x 3.5 inches
13 color negative strips from Ernie Miller - helicopters; musical performances; maintenance work
91 b&w negative strips from Ernie Miller - aerial views; street scenes; Vietnamese civilians, including children; helicopters and other aircraft; villagers; nose art; soldiers' quarters; base scenes; helicopter gunners; helicopters in formation; soldiers offloading from a helicopter; solders in the field; sampans
12 proof sheets from Ernie Miller - helicopters and other aircraft; aerial views; Vietnamese civilians, including children, street scenes; churches; sampans; musical performances; soldiers' quarters; soldiers offloading from helicopter; helicopters in formation; base scenes; soldiers (American and Vietnamese); soldiers in the field
13 photographs - John Grubski's photos (1967-1969): Vietnamese soldiers; airfield; 80th Transportation Company; snake; helicopters and other aircraft; color; 2.5 x 3.5 inches
11 photographs - Donnie Powell's photos (1969): Powell and fellow soldiers; Vietnamese soldiers; cockpits; helicopters (including damage); Soc Trang; helicopter pilots; b&w, color; 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 4 x 6 inches
27 photographs - Jim Ellis photos (1968-1969): Ellis and fellow soldiers (unloading supplies, goofing off, playing volleyball); Soc Trang; Vikingland; smoke run; helicopters (in formation); patrol boat; base scenes; mini gun system; aerial views; color; 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 3.5 x 5 inches
1 photograph - Mike McLlvaine (Bingo) (1969); b&w; 3.5 x 4.25 inches
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D084.2 [D084.2]]
- Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D056.3 Individual Oversize Collection Box 17 [D056.3]]
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Material from member Eric Berryman - Air Medal Award 1963
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Material from member John K. Carpenter - Correspondence
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Material from member Don Cummings - Clippings from Hawk Magazine 1970
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Material from member Jerome Daly - Orders and Correspondence 1964 - 1965, 2019
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Material from member Richard L. Emmons - Army Commendation Medal 1967
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Material from member Jerry Esmay - 121st Assault Helicopter Company standard operating procedures 1968
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Material from member Dr. Jim Hall - correspondence, unit history, etc. 1962 - 2010
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Material from member Floyd Jaco - orders, export license 1970, 1992
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Material from members David Kelly and Willie King - Air Medal Award 1966
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Material from member John Kennedy - Correspondence 1967
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Material from member Bertram Leach - Orders and awards 1962 - 1963, remembrances from service
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Material from member John Loper - correspondence 2013
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Material from member Jim Mathias - Soc Trang Tigers certificate
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Material from member Parker Medley - orders, awards, citations 1966 - 1968 and undated
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Material from member Payton Rowan - newspaper clippings 1962 - 1963
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Material from member Rocco Simmons - Air Medal awards 1966
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Material from member Michael Sinnott - Orders 1969
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Material from member Russell Sweitzer - General Orders Air Medal Award 1964 - 1966
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6th Aviation Platoon (Airlift) unit history 1964
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Unit history - 93rd Transportation Company
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Republic of Vietnam country study 1960
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Historical documents from unit - welcome packet, raid description, memorial program, certificate
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Member correspondence
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Photocopies of photographs from members
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Captions for Hugh Adams' images 1968-1969
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Clippings
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Award citations (1966-1967)
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121st Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter) Soc Trang Tigers Yearbook (ca. 1969)
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Award citation - General Orders No. 5, Headquarters 3rd Surgical Hospital (MA) dated 14 January 1970 citing the Purple Heart award received by Van A. Ferry
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History of the 121st Aviation Company (1966)
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Members of the 121st Aviation Company who have given their lives for their country (1963-1969)
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History of the 121st Aviation Company formerly 93rd Transportation Company (1963)
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History of 80th Transportation Detachment CHFM (1964)
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Annual Supplement to the history of the 121st Aviation Company (1965)
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History of 121st Aviation Company (Air Mobile Light) (1964)
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Award citation for the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) by the President of the United States (No Date)
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Material from member John Kennedy - newspaper clippings 1968
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Material from member Payton Rowan - newspaper clippings 1963
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=22730000000
- Citation
- 121st Aviation Association Collection (2273) Finding Aid, 121st Aviation Association Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=22730000000, Accessed 21 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 22730000000, 121st Aviation Association Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 16 Dec 2009 [Updated: 07 Jan 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu
