Scope and Contents

Approximately half a linear foot of documents, periodicals, newsletters, and a book donated to the archive by Mike Law. The documents were collected by Mike Law during his service with the VHPA and include correspondence with VHPA members, letters to the editor for the Aviator magazine, remembrances, battle accounts, and diaries from VHPA members, and military documents like rosters and the After Action Report for the battle of Ia Drang for the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. The collection also contains numerous copies of the Hawk magazine for the 1st Aviation Brigade and one copy of the 2017 VHPA calendar title We Were Soldiers Once.... And Young!

The museum object is a guidon for C Troop 2/17 Cavalry acquired by Mike Law after leaving Ft. Campbell for Vietnam. Upon arrival in Vietnam in June 1968, the unit was redesignated as C Troop 7/17 Cavalry.