Scope and Contents

Approximately half a linear foot of textual records documenting Clyde Romero's experience in the US Army's Warrant Officer flight training school. It includes the complete syllabus for the program, recruitement pamphlets, operational procedure guides, pilot's checklists, flight manuals, and a US Forces in Vietnam handbook. Also contains one museum object donated to the archive by Clyde Romero. The artifact is Romero's party suit containing the following patches: RF-4C, Voodoo one-to-wonder, 186th TAC Recon Group, Tatical Air Command, city of New York Police Department, Port Authority, Police New York New Jersey, 153rd TRS, and a red and white patch with a green helicopter holding a lightning rod.

Biographical / Historical

Born in 1950 in New York City (Bronx), New York, Clyde Romero volunteered for the United States Army in 1969 and later transferred to the United States Air Force while serving for a combined total of over twenty-seven (27) years. After training, he was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne in Vietnam (1970-1971) and served as a Scout Pilot, first for the Army with rank of CWO at Cu Chi and Hue-Phu Bai, and then with the rank of Captain for the Air Force at Udorn (Thailand). He saw combat with both the Army and Air Force while earning multiple medals, ribbons and commendations before retiring in 1992 as a Colonel.

After Vietnam, Clyde Romero joined the Air National Guard. He is a member of the Red River Rats Association and the VHPA (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association).