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 Finding Aid: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) Collection: Unit Histories - Transportation and Maintenance Units Item Number: 3110000000

Association Collection (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA))
Location: D053.4E


Scope & Content:

  • 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 Note:

  • 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.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D053.4E11st Transportation Battalion 
1
"Floating Aircraft Maintenance Facility" "Meet the Army's Floating Garage"
8th Transportation Company 
2
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
"14th Transportation Battalion 'Reliables'" 
3
14th Transportation Battalion
33rd Transportation Company 
4
Passengers Qualified on the CH-21
34th General Support Group 
5
"Aviation Systems Command" Letter to 34th General Support Group
57th Transportation Company 
6
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
58th Transportation Battalion 
7
"58th Transportation Battalion 'Vikings'"
93rd Transportation Company 
8
Early History [source: Unknown], December 15, 1961 - August 23, 1963
110th Transportation Company 
9
"US Army Aviation Materiel Management Center"
339th Transportation Company 
10
Unit History [source: Unknown, Prepared by 2nd Keith P. Low & SP4 Frank E. Hudson], January 1, 1964 - December 31, 1964
520th Transportation Battalion 
11
"520th Transportation Battalion 'Sustainers'"
545th Transportation Detachment 
12
Michelson, Fred R. "On Site Oil Cooler Swap" US Army Aviation Digest
571st Transportation Detachment 
13
Rocket: Yearbook, October 1962 - January 1964
765th Transportation Battalion 
14
765th Transportation Battalion "Straight Arrows"

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