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Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719 (296) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 2960000000
Collection
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.5
Pages
2
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 January 2002
Scope and Contents
Less than one linear foot of documents detail Operation Lam Son 719, the January 30, 1971 to April 6, 1971 operation to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines, as well as destroy their base areas in Laos. The materials date both from the war and post-war eras.
Biographical / Historical
The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA), is a non-profit war veterans organization filed under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service and is dedicated to enhancing and accrediting the cohesiveness, esprit de corps, and traditions of valor of rotary wing aircrews that flew in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Era. Currently, the VHPA has a membership of over 9,400 helicopter pilots from around the world. It has a web site located at: http://www.vhpa.org.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D052.6A ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Final Report 101st Airborne Airmobile Operations in Support in of Lam Son 719 8 Feb-6 April '71 v. II, 1 May 1971
  • Folder 2
  • Hand Written Letter Lessons Learned Lam Son 719
  • Folder 3
  • Lam Son 719 Part I, US Army Aviation Digest, June 1986
  • Folder 4
  • Lam Son 719 Part II, US Army Aviation Digest, July 1986
  • Folder 5
  • Lam Son 719 Part III, US Army Aviation Digest, Aug 1986
  • Folder 6
  • Letter of Instructions, Airmobile Operations Study Group. February 25, 1971
  • Folder 7
  • Letter to Commanding General 101st Div about Final Report Lam Son 719, 24 April 71
  • Folder 8
  • 101st Aviation Battalion, Helicopter Roster, Lam Son 719
  • Folder 9
  • Transcript of Letter Received from Bob Clewell Dated December 27, 1991
  • Folder 10
  • Aircraft Losses (Write-off) Lam Son 719
  • Folder 11
  • Airmobile Operations in Support of Operation Lam Son 719, 20 March 1971 - - Annex A--Intelligence - Annex B--Downed Aircraft Recovery - Annex C--Aviation Statistical Summary - Annex D--Summary of Combat Damage - Annex E--Abbreviations/Acronyms - Annex F--Definitions
  • Folder 12
  • Final Report--Airmobile Operations in Support of Operation Lam Son 719, 8 February-6 April 1971 - - Section I. Introduction - Section II. Combat Assault - Section III. Airmobile Study Group Combat Assault LZ LOLO - Section IV. Combat Assault LZ LIZ - Section V. Airmobile Study Group Combat Assault LZ LIZ - Section VI. Combat Assault LZ SOPHIA - Section VII. Airmobile Study Group Combat Assault LZ SOPHIA - Section VIII. Combat Assault LZ HOPE - Section IX. Airmobile Study Group Combat Assault LZ HOPE - Section X. The Extraction of 4th BN, 1st REGT, 1st ARVN INF DIV - Section XI. Airmobile Study Group Extractions - - Annex A--Reference Data, Class III A and V A Supply Status, 8 February-24 March 1971 - Annex B--Weather Summary, Khe Sanh - Annex C--Summary of Engineer Activities in Support of Lam Son 719 - Annex D--Combat Interviews, Operation Lam Son 719
  • Folder 13
  • Aviation Combat Logistics Management Lam Son 719 January, February, March 1971
  • Folder 14
  • Lam Son 719 Material from Kingsmen Scrapbook
  • Folder 15
  • Laos: April 1971. August 3, 1971
  • Folder 16
  • Recognition of Heroism and Gallantry in Action; Cases of U.S. Army Personnel during Operation LAMSON 719 during the War in Vietnam. June 11, 1982
  • Folder 17
  • Transcript of Mission in Laos
  • Folder 18
  • Indochina Monograph (Center for Military History) "Lam Son 719" Major General Nguyen Duy Hinh
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2960000000
Citation
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719 (296) Finding Aid, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2960000000, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
2960000000, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Lam Son 719, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 05 Jun 2006]

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