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Association Collection (C-7A Caribou Association)
Location: D101.6A, Slide Collection, Photograph Collection, Newsletter Collection, Museum Objects

Slides, spreadsheet of captions, newspaper clippings, photocopy of plaque, Viet Cong chopsticks, DD-214, photographs, and "It Was a Bad Day to Fly" an account of an air drop mission, document Water's tour as a C-7A pilot. The slides were taken from March 1967-March 1968 during Water's tour as a C-7A pilot flying out of Vung Tau Air Base located north of the Mekong Delta. The spreadsheets of captions are for all of the slides. The photographs are of the 25th Flight Order of Daedalinas newsletter, February 2004. The photocopied plaque was awarded to Dudley Waters. "It was a Bad Day to Fly" by Dudley Waters is an account of an actual personnel airdrop mission he flew in the early 1970's. The story was written for submission to the local pilot's (Daedalian) organization at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Additional items include newspaper clippings, and a sanitized photocopy of Dudley Waters DD-214.

Lt. Dudley Waters was a C-7A Caribou pilot who served with the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron in Vietnam from March 1967-March 1968. The 535th was based at Vung Tau Vietnam. The main mission of the 535th TAS was to provide supply and support for the 5th Special Forces camps in II Corps.

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D101.6A	1	1	Captions for Slides from Vietnam, March 1967 - March 1968
			Photocopy of a Plaque Awarded to Dudley Waters
			Sanatized photocopy of Dudley Waters' DD-214 (Identification numbers were blacked out)
			Newspaper clipping - "Santa Looks Like a C123" (Photocopy of the article is included)
			"It was a Bad Day to Fly" by Dude Waters an account of an actual personnel airdrop mission he flew in the early 1970's. The story details a flight were Mr. Waters lost power in three engines.

Photographs:	VA036303-VA036305. Vietnam 1967-1968 photos VA041875-VA041893.
	Vietnam with the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron in Vietnam 1967-1968.
Slides:	VAS019823 - VAS019990. Vietnam 1967-1968.
	VAS035709-VAS035738: Vietnam with the 535th Tactical Airlift Squadron in Vietnam 1967-1968.
Museum Objects:	Captured Viet Cong chopsticks.
Newsletters:	25th Flight Order of Daedalians.

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