The Vietnam Center and Archive: Search Results

THE VIETNAM CENTER AND ARCHIVE
Texas Tech University

Why does the Vietnam Center and Archive Website look like this?

Search Results

Records 1-4 of 4 records

Item Number: 10850101001 (Record 96035)

Document Title:

Personal Narrative - Through the Silent Diary, 9 March 1964 thru 28 June 1971 (by: Ernie Sylvester, 2/LT)

Language/Translation:

English

Document Pages:

150

Date:

No Date

Collection:

Ernie Sylvester Collection (Army Medical Service Corps Association)

Media Type:

Document (.pdf)

Full Text:

Full Text is available for this item. Return to the Virtual Vietnam Archive and search for Item Number: 10850101001. Go to the More Information section and change to the Full Text view.

View Item:

To create smaller file sizes, this document has been broken down into multiple parts.

Citation:

Personal Narrative - Through the Silent Diary, 9 March 1964 thru 28 June 1971, No Date, Folder 01, Box 01, Ernie Sylvester Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 19 Jun. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=10850101001>.

Item Number: 1085EM0147 (Record 110274)

Title:

Ernie Sylvester Diary

Language/Translation:

English

# of Media:

Date:

No Date

Collection:

Ernie Sylvester Collection (Army Medical Service Corps Association)

Media Type:

Electronic Media (CD-R)

Description:

The CD contains trasnscribed diary of Sylvester while serving two tours in VIetnam (1964-1965 and 1970-1971).

View Item:

Citation:

Ernie Sylvester Diary, No Date, Ernie Sylvester Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 19 Jun. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1085EM0147>.

Item Number: 10850000000 (Record 110276)

Title:

Finding Aid for the Ernie Sylvester Collection

Collection:

Ernie Sylvester Collection (Army Medical Service Corps Association)

Media Type:

Finding Aid

Scope and Content:

This collection contains one CD-ROM. The contents of the CD are transcribed copies of diary entries made by Sylvester while serving two tours in Vietnam. The first tour was from March 9, 1964 through February 25, 1965, and describes Sylvester's involvement with the 57th Medical Detachment (helicopter ambulance). Sylvester's second tour was from July 4, 1970 to June 28, 1971, when he served with the 54th Medical Detachment (air ambulance). One of the highlights of the diary is Sylvesters participation in Operation Lam Son 719 in the spring of 1971. Along with day-to-day accounts of Sylvester's activities in Vietnam are Lessons Learned, an After-action Report, and additional statistics from Lam Son 719.

View Item:

Citation:

Finding Aid, No Date, Ernie Sylvester Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 19 Jun. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=10850000000>.

Item Number: OH0240 (Record 106237)

Title:

Interview with Ernie Sylvester (by: Richard B. Verrone, PhD) - November 12, 2002

Interview Date:

12 November 2002

Collection:

Ernie Sylvester Collection

Media Type:

Oral History (Digital)

Length:

06:43:32 hr/min/sec

Description:

(USA) Ernest J. Sylvester, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps from 1963 until 1985. Ernie went to Vietnam in March 1964 and served as a Medical Evacuation Pilot with the 57th Medical Detachment (RA) at Soc Trang. After rotating back to the U.S. in November 1964 and serving at Ft. Sam Houston (TX), Ft. Polk (LA), Hunter Army Arifield (GA), and in the Republic of Korea, he went back to Vietnam in March 1968 as the Aviation Unit Commander for the 54th and 68th Medical Detachments (HA) at Chu Lai, as the S-3 and Executive Officer for the 61st Medical Evacuation Battalion at Quin Nhon, as Aviation Group Commander for the 571st, 237th, and 236th Medical Detachments (HA) at Phu Bai, and as Aviation Staff Officer and Medical Evacuation Pilot, 67th Medical Group at Da Nang. In Vietnam as a Dustoff pilot, Ernie flew 1386 hours, including a record 1007 hours in 1964 and 1965, becoming the first pilot to log over 1000 combat hours in one year. He left Vietnam in July 1971 and eventually retired as Deputy Director, OCHAMPUS, Assistant Secretary of Defense, in Auroa, Colorado, as a Colonel.

View Item:

Citation:

Interview with Ernie Sylvester, 12 November 2002, Ernie Sylvester Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 19 Jun. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=OH0240>.