Scope and Contents

Half a linear foot of ORLL, After Action Reports, individual recollection of units, and other types of unit histories and information document the service of medical helicopter units during the Vietnam Conflict. Materials date from both the war and post-war periods and are organized by the official Order of Battle for the United States Armed Forces. This is one series of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Collection.

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.

Series

• Series One - 1st Medical Squadron
• Series Two - 15th Medical Battalion
• Series Three - 24th Evacuation Hospital
• Series Four - 44th Medical Brigade
• Series Five - 45th Medical Company
• Series Six - 50th Medical Detachment
• Series Seven - 54th Medical Detachment
• Series Eight - 57th Medical Detachment
• Series Nine - 67th Medical Group
• Series Ten - 68th Medical Detachment
• Series Eleven - 82nd Medical Detachment
• Series Twelve - 91st Evacuation Hospital
• Series Thirteen - 159th Medical Company
• Series Fourteen - 236th Medical Company
• Series Fifteen - 237th Medical Detachment
• Series Sixteen - 247th Medical Detachment
• Series Seventeen - 254th Medical Detachment
• Series Eighteen - 283rd Medical Detachment
• Series Ninteen - 326th Medical Battalion
• Series Twenty - 498th Medical Company
• Series Twenty One- 571st Medical Detachment
• Series Twenty Two- Med-Evac