Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units (311) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 3110000000
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- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
- 0.5
- Pages
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 07 January 2002
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 transportation and maintenance helicopter units during the Vietnam Conflict. The bulk of the materials date from the war period 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
- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D053.4E ]]
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"Floating Aircraft Maintenance Facility" - "Meet the Army's Floating Garage"
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Movement directive for TCS to Vietnam dated 8 Nov. 61. Includes 140th TC DET. [source: Joe Murray] - Letter of Commendation from General Le Van Ty, June 5, 1962 - Letter of Commendation from General Le Van Ty, July 2, 1962
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14th Transportation Battalion
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Passengers Qualified on the CH-21
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"Aviation Systems Command" - Letter to 34th General Support Group
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Scrapbook for 1987 reunion [source: Emmett F. Knight], January 1, 1957 - December 31, 1962 - Battalion History [source: Unknown], April 1, 1961 - July 24, 1962 - Pilot Lauded for Valorous Acts In Combat Support (From The Observer, June 15, 1963) - Helicopter War
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"58th Transportation Battalion 'Vikings'"
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Early History [source: Unknown], December 15, 1961 - August 23, 1963
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"US Army Aviation Materiel Management Center"
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Unit History [source: Unknown, Prepared by 2nd Keith P. Low & SP4 Frank E. Hudson], January 1, 1964 - December 31, 1964
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"520th Transportation Battalion 'Sustainers'"
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Michelson, Fred R. "On Site Oil Cooler Swap" US Army Aviation Digest
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Rocket: Yearbook, October 1962 - January 1964
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765th Transportation Battalion "Straight Arrows"
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3110000000
- Citation
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units (311) Finding Aid, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3110000000, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 3110000000, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 06 Jan 2002 [Updated: 25 Mar 2020]
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