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Ralph L. Holloway Collection (3167) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 31670000000
Collection
Ralph L. Holloway Collection
Title
Ralph L. Holloway Collection (3167) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2021-05-11
Linear Feet
0.5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1967
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately half of a linear foot of materials documenting Ralph Holloway's service with the 53rd/1st Aviation Detachment (Armed CH-47 Guns a Go Go). The materials include helicopter damage and performance reports; a unit historical report re: an attack on LZ Bird; pamphlets; booklets; flight load surveys; manuals; flight test specifications; functional test procedures; technical proposals; training texts; and a documentary film proposal. The materials are dated 1965-1967, 1974, or are otherwise undated.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D044.7]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Helicopter damage reports (No Date)
  • Helicopter or Incident 64-13145
  • Helicopter or Incident 64-13149
  • Helicopter or Incident 64-13151
  • Helicopter or Incident 64-13154
  • Folder 2
  • RAH-66 Comanche Firepower (pamphlet) (No Date)
  • Gunslingers in Action: Aircraft No. Fourteen by Lou Drendel (1974)
  • Folder 3
  • CH-47A Helicopter Armed Chinook Flight Loads Survey (1966)
  • Folder 4
  • Flight Test Specification - Phase I Development Flight Test Program Armored CH-47A Helicopter (1965)
  • Armored Chinook Component Functional Test Procedures (1965)
  • CH-47A Armor and Armament for Fire Support MIssion (technical proposal) (1965)
  • Folder 5
  • CH-47A Armed Helicopter Organizational Maintenance Manual Supplement for TM 55-1520-209-20 (1966)
  • Folder 6
  • CH-47A Helicopter Operator's Manual Supplement for TM 55-1520-209-10 (1966)
  • CH-47A Armed Helicopter DS, GS, and Depot Maintenance Manual Supplement for TM 55-1520-209-35 (1966)
  • Folder 7
  • Employment of the Armed/Armored CH-47A in Counterinsurgency Operations (1967)
  • United States Army Combat Developments Command Training Text 1-5-1: Armed CH-47 Helicopter Unit (1965)
  • Folder 8
  • The Attack on LZ Bird, 27 December 1966 (unit historical report) (1967)
  • Folder 9
  • The World's Deadliest Helicopter: "The War Wagon", A proposal from StoryTeller Films for a documentary film (No Date)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=31670000000
Citation
Ralph L. Holloway Collection (3167) Finding Aid, Ralph L. Holloway Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=31670000000, Accessed 17 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
31670000000, Ralph L. Holloway Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 11 May 2021 [Updated: 11 May 2021]

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