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David Adaway Collection (2891) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 28910000000
Title
Finding Aid
Finding Aid Author
Amy Mondt
Finding Aid Date
2022-01-05
Linear Feet
0.2
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: March 1968 - April 1969
Scope and Contents
Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents, photographs, and museum objects donated to the archive by David Adaway. The material was collected by Adaway during his service with the marines in Quang Tri and later in Danang at the Marble Mountain Air Facility from March 1968 through April 1969.
56
Photographs
56 photographs showing a USO show, various helicopters, soldiers, and a military base
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6
Museum Objects
2891museum5545 - Patch with green dragon holding a missile labeled HML-167
2891museum5546 - Patch with Pegasus labeled Ridge Runners HMM-163
2891museum5547 - Patch with a man running bent over labeled Sorry About That Quang-Tri RVN 67-68 HMM-361
2891museum5548 - Patch with a helicopter flying through fire labeled to hell and back Med-Evac
2891museum5549 - Patch with a gold seal with wings labeled air crew
2891museum5550 - Patch of a helicopter labeled HMM-163 Marines
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [(D057.2) Individual Collections- A ]]
  • Huey Herald Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 167 newsletter February 1969
  • Clipping about ammo dump attack February 1968

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=28910000000

Citation
David Adaway Collection (2891) Finding Aid, David Adaway Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=28910000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
28910000000, David Adaway Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 05 Jan 2022 [Updated: 06 Jan 2022]