Vinh Long Army Airfield

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The goal of this project is to create a complete history and personnel listing for Vinh Long Army Airfield during the course of the Vietnam War.

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Sondra Marshall. I am here also Mary Richardson

Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

Vietnam and Vinh Long (south of Saigon)

• Complete history (including campaign, battle and operation participation in) and listing of everyone who served with the 114th Aviation Company, including any and all supporting units and unit detachments.
• Complete history (including campaign, battle and operation participation in) and listing of everyone who served with the 175th Aviation Company, including any and all supporting units and unit detachments.
• Complete history (including campaign, battle and operation participation in) and listing of any Navy HAL-3 Seawolves that were stationed at Vinh Long for any length of time.
• Complete listing of all military Groups, Battalions, Companies and Platoons etc stationed for three months or longer at Vinh Long (including any and all MACV Advisory Teams, Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force personnel as well as any non-American forces.)

Early years helicopters.

• Completion of profiles for all soldiers stationed at Vinh Long Army Air Field that were Prisoners of War, Wounded in combat, Killed in Action, Missing in Action or Died in Military Service.
• Complete tables for the recipients of the top three medals awarded, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and Silver Medal at Vinh Long. (To include the 3-4 highest medals for Navy, Marines, Air Force and non-American forces as well, if any)
• Identify and add any Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, if any.

• Complete description and history of the airfield and compound
• Complete history of USO shows that took place at Vinh Long.
• A history of the interaction between Vinh Long Army Airfield and it's relationship with the residents of Vinh Long.

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

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Mohave on Huey.

January 30, 1963 (Headquarters, Department of the Army General Order) Fort Knox, Kentucky Troop C, 17th Cavalry was inactivated and all personnel from Troop C were assigned to the 114th Aviation Company. They departed the US on April 15, 1963 and arrived at Vinh Long on May 1, 1963 (a conflicting report states they arrived on May 10, 1963) to become the US Army's first UH-1 airmoble company to be deployed from the USA directly to Vietnam. The only other armed Army helicopter company that preceeded the 114th was the Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter Company (UTTCO or UTT) a test unit of sorts, which arrived in 1962 to test the idea of armored helicopter support with the 45th Transportation Battalion.

Pursuant to General Order (G.O.) 109 dated May 21, 1963, for a brief time, the 114th Aviation Company was assigned to the 45th Transportation Battalion, whose companies had arrived in Vietnam December 1961 through 1962. In 1963 the 45th Transportation Battalion was reorganized and the majority of its companies in Vietnam redesignated. In July of 1963 the newly designated Aviation Companies, along with the 114th Aviation Company, were placed under the newly formed Delta Aviation Battalion (provisional).

On June 11, 1963, the 114th Aviation Company took part in its first official air assault. Ten (10) of its troop carriers (slicks) and three (3) armored aircraft (gunships), along with the 57th Transportation Company (which was shortly thereafter redesignated the 120th Aviation Company), airlifted ARVN troops from Bien Hoa to a landing zone (LZ) near Tay Ninh. One of the 114th Aviation Company's helicopters was hit and forced to land during the mission.

It took until early 1964 to complete the permanent structures to house the 114th Aviation Company and its supporting units personnel at Vinh Long Army Airfield. Up to that point the troops had been housed in temporary structures such as tents. During the course of the war Vinh Long Army Airfield would see numerous improvements, including a library a theater and a wide variety of other recreational options.

In July 1964 Vinh Long Army Airfield was renamed, and became the Shannon-Wright Compound to honor two of the fallen members of the 114th Aviation Company, Specialist Fifth Class Wyley Wright Jr who was Killed in Action on March 9, 1964 and 1st Lieutenant Kenneth Arthur Shannon Killed in Action on March 16, 1964.

In late 1964 one of the civilians to visit Vinh Long Army Airfield was Hans Weichsel, Vice President of logistics and marketing to military, commercial and international customers during the 1960s for Bell Helicopter. After his tour of Vietnam, which included a visit to the 114th Aviation Company, he returned to the United States. During this time Bell Helicopter was working on the AH-1 gunship prototype and Mr. Weichsel mentioned the name of the 114th's armored platoon, the Cobras, to General Howze. Mr. Weichsel would later succeed in selling the idea of the AH-1 as an attack helicopter to General Westmoreland and the new helicopter would be placed into service in Vietnam in 1967. The AH-1 Cobra arrived in Vietnam named after the first Huey UH-1 gunship platoon to arrive in Vietnam, the 114th Aviation Company Cobras.

In June 1966 the 114th Aviation Company saw the activation of another platoon, the Lancers. This would make the 114th Aviation Company the first, and ultimately the only, Aviation Company in Vietnam to have two armored (gunship) platoons.

After being stationed at Vinh Long Army Airfied for 9 years, the unit departed in February 1972. The 114th and its supporting units were among the longest standing American Military Units stationed in Vietnam.

The following personnel lists are taken from the various Histories complied for the 114th Aviation Company during the Vietnam War. (ie. “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific"):

The following is from “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific":

The following is from “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific":

Air Ambulance

Ambulance

Gunner & sign

The 83rd Medical Detachment was attached to the 114th Aviation Company on March 16, 1963. It was responsible for operating the dispensary and providing sanitation services, preventative medical services, physical exams, aeromedical evac, and emergency medical treatment. Personnel participated in various combat support missions and volunteered to accompany day and night med evac missions. Personnel accompanied flights to staging areas during major troop lifts, their function being to administer emergency medical treatment if required. Personnel also provided some medical services (ie vaccinations) to the local Vietnamese civilians.

The following is from “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific":

Door Gunners and Security Police - Arrived on September 12, 1962. Departed March 28, 1973. Served in every part of Vietnam. Late 1963 the Commanding General, Army Support Command Vietnam, in connection with Operation Shotgun, asked the MPs to volunteer to fly as door gunners with the helicopter companies arriving in Vietnam.

Two MPs were killed while doing door gunner duty, PFC John Francis Shea and PFC Frank Holguin.

Due to the length of the listings, only the Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star are listed here. To see the medals awarded to any individual please click on their name to view their individual profile. Please note that these lists are not to be considered complete and are always under construction as new information is discovered or provided.

Former Members of the 114th, or who served with a detachment unit to the 114th - KIA while serving with another Unit

Formed from the personnel and assets of the 11th Air Assault Division (Airmobile), 62nd Aviation Company, "A" Company, 502nd Battalion and activated on August 6, 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia. It arrived at Tan Son Nhut, Republic of South Vietnam on September 30, 1964 and later that same day arrived at Vinh Long. Between October 8, 1964 and December 14, 1964 the 62nd Aviation Company personnel had earned 358 Air Medals, 18 Air Medals with "V" device, 10 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 1 Silver Star, 7 Purple Hears, 2 Commendation Medals and 33 Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. December 14, 1964, the 62nd was redesignated Company A, 502nd Aviation Battalion. September 1, 1966 Company A, 502nd Aviation Battalion was inactivated to become the 175th Assault Helicopter Company (AL). It was assigned to the 1st Aviation Brigade's 164th Combat Aviation Group, 13th Combat Aviation Battalion. (September 1966 - February 1972)

150th Transportation/Maintenance Detachment (CHFM) Activated August 8, 1964, Fort Eustis, Virginia. Departed Langley AFB September 27, 1964. Arrived Vinh Long on September 30, 1964. Inactivated November 25, 1968, Vietnam. Activated September 1, 1969, Vietnam. Assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. Inactivated June 11, 1971, Fort Hood, Texas, relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.

Due to the length of the listings, only the Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star are listed here. To see the medals awarded to any individual please click on their name to view their individual profile. Please note that these lists are not to be considered complete and are always under construction as new information is discovered or provided.

Activated at Fort Riley, Kansas August 11, 1964. Arrived Vinh Long September 16, 1964 Provided support services to both the 114th and the 175th along with the 96th Avionics Signal Detachment (see above). The 28th was part of the 13th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, by 1971 the 28th/96th had become part of the 214th CAB.

"Swamp Fox"

Vinh Long Airfield was also supported by the 36th Army Engineer Batallion, Companies A, B, C, D,and HHC. These Units served at Vinh Long, Can Tho, My Tho, the Rock Pier, and Tra Vinh.

36th Engineer Battalion (Construction), 34th Engineer Group, 20th Engineer Brigade. During WWII was known as the Seahorse Battalion. May 1969 thru 30 June 1969 worked on the restoration of National Highway 4 from My Thuan to Ba Cong in Vinh Long Province. 1 July 1969 the battalion focused on construction of base facilities at Vinh Long Army Airfield. A floating barge pier made accessible by means of an articulating ramp was constructed and the battalion continued operation of the Vinh Long rock off-loading facility. Worked on QL-4. Charged with building asphalt road, LTL 7A, from Vinh Long to Tra Vinh and 22 concrete bridges. Built Charlie Company Base Camp and rock pier on the Mekong River near Tra Vinh.

Unit Citations - 5 ^[3]

Award	Action Start Date	Action End Date	DAGO	Notes
Meritorious Unit Commendation	October 1, 1967	August 31,1968	51, 71, revoked 2, 71, which amended 42, 69
Meritorious Unit Commendation	September 1, 1968	December 31, 1969	51, 71
Meritorious Unit Commendation	January 1, 1971	December 31, 1971	5, 73
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal – FC	September 1, 1967	May 31, 1968	2, 71, amended 43, 70
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal – FC	June 1968	April 16, 1970	32, 73

Following the VC mortar attack at Bien Hoa, the 114th's and 175th's gun platoons, the Cobras and Mavericks, conducted nightly security patrols of Vinh Long Airfield and the immediate surrounding area. These patrols consisted of 2 or 3 armed gun ships and a "Slick" (LIFT platoon helicopter) equipped with flares. The patrols often encountered ground fire along the canals and rivers leading toward Vinh Long Airfield and the Compound.

April 13, 1964 - Pvt. Raymond E. Marshall arrives in Vinh Long to join the 83rd Medical Detachment

May 20, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - …The rainy season has finally got here. So now the work has begun. Mopping floors and hauling the mud out by the buckets full... Had a guy got shot in the knee, when a guy was clearing his weapon. He was in a building cleaning after a mission and it went off. Went through the side of the wall and the guy who got shot was walking by, at the wrong time...I thought things were going to pop last night. They had an alert out all night but nothing happened.

May 25, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - ...It really rained yesterday (all day). I think we got almost six inches altogether. The water was right up to the doorstep...We had a little excitement the night before last. Some Vietnamese were hunting frogs with lanterns and they got a little to close to the compound. The guards opened fire on them and they took off running. The guards fired over their heads and told them to stop, but they didn’t and then they shot directly at them. They never did hit any but they managed to make one stop and now their holding him as a suspected V.C...P.S. I suppose they did open my letter dated the 9th. I haven’t ever opened any and close them up again. Guess I’ll have to watch what I say from now on.

June 14, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - A week ago he was on a mission and was flying over V.C. territory and got shot by a sniper. He was shot in the foot and the bullet was lodged in a bone. He will now be awarded the Purple Heart. A month before that he was awarded the flying Medal of Honor. He got that by saving a life of a fellow soldier. The accident happened in the morning and after he was flown to Siagon for treatment. My Sergeant and two Captains went out on a mission that evening in the same chopper and got shot down. They all got out of it alive. The shell went through a gas line. Another chopper picked them up and brought them back to Vinh Long. They forgot where they left the other chopper so they went looking for it. They found it by seeing smoke in the distance, so they checked it out. The V.C. had set it on fire, so the Army lost one chopper and no men. Pretty darn lucky. They guy who got shot in the foot also got the V.C. who shot him. It was the first human he has killed. Guess it was quite an experience. I was going to fly gunner when I got back, but it would be my luck to get shot down and not get out of it alive, so I have changed my mind and decided to keep my feet on the ground. I would get an extra $50.00 by doing so, but??

June 24, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - Last Sunday they had another lift out of here and we really got the business. Three wounded Americans and 42 Vietnamese, most of the Vietnamese were dead...

June 29, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - Today has been a sad day for all of us over here. Today a ship went down and killed four Americans. Two of them were Officers, a SP5 and a PFC. From the way the report was sent out, they were on a mission and underwent mechanical failure. The helicopter they were flying was said to have blown up in midair and then crashed and burnt up. They said one guy, the PFC, had tried to get out, but didn’t make it…The PFC was in for a shot this morning and we were kidding him about having to work today…sure is too bad that things like that have to happen.

July 14, 1964 - Excerpt from a letter home from Raymond E. Marshall - I really shouldn’t tell you what has been going on over here, because of the way you worry about me... I imagine you have read in the papers about American Compounds being attached by the V.C.s. Well! We have been one of them. So far nobody have been hurt or killed so guess we’re lucky... We were hit hard last Saturday evening abound 8:30 pm and I thought we had had it. The little deal lasted about 1½ hours and they finally gave up. Nobody was hurt... Then last night if it weren’t for some guys scouting the area, I think we might have been in trouble. Just 1½ miles away, about 500 V.C.s (by what the patrol estimated) were spotted heading this way under full arm. Beings that it was light enough yet, they called the armed ships out to meet them. The ships are equipped with 36 rockets and four M-60 machine guns. (EA) The last report was that they destroyed everything in sight. So that brought the day to an end. Then today we had a big meeting, and they told us that we are to be mortared within the next 20 days. So now we have to just sit around and wait. Just had a call in and operations said that 11 ships are going out on medavac tonight. That means we might be busy all night... I have got five days of flying time in and only need one more to get an extra $55.00 a month. Hope to get it tomorrow. Well! I guess I had better get some supplies set up, just in case they do bring in some wounded. I suppose most of them will go to the town hospital. If we’re lucky they will all be Vietnamese.

Bob Hope Show

Bob Hope at the 83rd Med Detachment, Vinh Long

First few State Flags to Arrive

Early on some of the troops decided to create an avenue or boulevard of flags. The idea was simple, a State flag from each of the 50 States would be flown over the Compound. The troops wrote home to their U.S. Governors requesting a flag to be sent. According to the Unit History prepared for 1966 there were 50 flag poles, each from which waved a State Flag from one of the 50 States, all represented by native sons serving in Vietnam.

The following accompanied the State Flag from Ohio:

Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes -

"I want you to know that this particular flag, at my personal direction, was flown over the state capitol here for a full day 'prior to being sent to you for display on the Boulevard of the United States. To those who man the ramparts of freedom, as we Americans and we Ohioans have done from the beginning, we offer our humble thanks and our constant remembrance. You are not forgotten here in Ohio. We shall not forget." ^[4]

And the following from the Governor of Maine:

"It is for such men and such deeds that we are extremely proud and grateful" ^[5]

Volleyball Court (volleyballs)

Swimming Pool

Table Tennis

Baseballs and baseball bats

Footballs

Tennis Court (tennis balls and rackets)

Ring and mats for wrestling and boxing

Basketball Court

Movie and slide projectors

Movie Theater

Theater

Photography Lab

Stereo tape room

Construction of a Library was completed in 1966 and named after Major Carl Socrates Miller Jr who was Killed in Action on 29 January 1966 at Ba Tri. It contained 2,500 books, 25 varieties of magazines and 15 regularly published newspapers.

NCO Club

Enlisted Club

7 day R&R locations: Hong Kong, Bangkak, Japan, Hawaii, and Taiwan.

VINH LONG CHAPEL

The Chaplains at the close of 1966 were CPT Charles D Logue (Catholic – a resident of the Vinh Long installation) and CPT Ermine Todd Jr (Protestant – a resident of the Soc Trang installation). Both Chaplains conducted regular services at Vinh Long, Soc Trang, Long Xuyen and Tra Vinh.

Stars & Stripes Archives: "Tiny Base at Vinh Long has a Deadly Sting", By Bob Cutts, Published: November 18, 1965

114th Aviation Company Association, Copyright 1997-2017

“Vinh Long Outlaws”

"Vinh Long Army Airfied", Helis.com

"Vinh Long, Vietnam", The Delta Dragon – Can Tho-RVN, Webmaster, Joe Moore

"Vietnam Photo Album", Patrick Orlando, US Army, Crewchief - Red Knights, 114th Assault Helicopter Company 1969-1970

"TET 1968", Navy Seawolves, History

"96th and 28th Avionics Signal Detachment Vinh Long Vietnam 1965-73", Ray Mahoney

"Helicopter Unit Web Sites", Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, Copyright 2013-2017

History of the 114th Aviation Company Birddogs – Before the 220th arrived in Vietnam”, 220th Aviation Company (Surveillance Airplane Light) (Reconnaissance Airplane) (Utility Airplane)

36th Engineer Battalion Association Vietnam

"Evan Doorgunner Vietnam", By dcon1407ver5, Published on Jan 8, 2009, A Doorgunner with The 114th, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDTkVYoJ6YU

"base camp vinh long", By jvern57, Published on Apr 19, 2007, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PxZAEolts

"114th Aviation 0001", By sjcyankee, Published on Sep 14, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrz4fp6ItI

"114th Aviation Co. 1965 Vietnam", By WonderManTN, Published on Aug 8, 2008, Images - Richard "Dick" Fortenberry, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWk6QmkffHI

"114th Aviation Company", By Rich Benjamin, Published on Sep 25, 2014, Vietnam 1965 -1966 - Photos - Dick Fortenbery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqimznC4YeE

"114th AHC "Cobras" Vinh Long Vietnam War home movies", vintagefilmarsenal.com, "Caviness's Cobras". Home movies filmed by PFC Victor Caviness, doorgunner with the 114th AHC "Cobras" at Vinh Long during 1966. https://youtu.be/2HrWGFK5VLE

"Tet Vinh Long Vietnam: Photos of TET in Vinh Long Vietnam -1968", By Don Swift, Published November 19, 2006, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10FbKy70zU

"Outlaws and Mavericks 1967", By: joseph watson, Published on Mar 2, 2015, "Outlaws and Mavericks in Vietnam. A couple days in the life. 1967", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCLmq3_--c

"US Navy HA(L)-3 "Seawolves" Helicopter Squadron over the Mekong Delta (1967)", By sobchakvideos, Published on Sep 5, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnwU2iMfW8

"SCRAMBLE THE SEAWOLVES", By SCRAMBLE THE SEAWOLVES, Published on Oct 6, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4f_hQP1sdk

"Vietnam in HD: The Seawolves | History", By HISTORY, Published on Nov 17, 2011, History Film Corps: The Seawolves, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdYjPsVs2Os

"Payton Rowan, SP5. Soc Trang, Vietnam", By Payton Rowan, Published on Jun 3, 2014, "Payton Rowan, SP5. U.S. Army Airfield in Soc Trang, Vietnam. 1962-63.", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpquW-XNAk

• “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific

• "Year of the Snake: One helicopter pilot's story of a year in Vietnam's Mekong Delta", by Lt Col Warren B. Jones Sr., Shade Tree Publishers, 2nd edition (1999)

• "Knights Over the Delta: An Oral History of the 114th Aviation Company in Vietnam, 1963-72", Edited By Steve Stibbens; Introduction By Horst Faas and Joseph L. Galloway, Published by 114th Aviation Company Association (2002).

• "Outlaws in Vietnam: 1966-67 in the Delta" by David Eastman, Publisher, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2006.

• “Seawolves: First Choice”, by Daniel E. Kelly, Publisher: IVY Books, 1998.

• “U.S. Navy Seawolves: The Elite HAL-3 Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam”, By Daniel E. Kelly, Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2002.

• "Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW", By James N. Rowe, Publisher: Presidio Press; First Ballantine Books Edition: June 1984 edition (May 12, 1984). (The 114th Aviation Company was part of the flight of helicopters that rescued James Rowe.)

1. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, pp 50-51
2. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, p 47
3. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, pp 50-51
4. ↑ “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific
5. ↑ “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific

• National Archives - Military Records, Vietnam War Records, https://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war

• "Knights Over the Delta: An Oral History of the 114th Aviation Company in Vietnam, 1963-72", Edited By Steve Stibbens; Introduction By Horst Faas and Joseph L. Galloway, Published by 114th Aviation Company Association (2002)

• “1-13th Aviation Regiment”, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker. http://www.rucker.army.mil/usaace/1ab/1-13th/

• “1st Aviation Brigade”, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker. http://www.rucker.army.mil/usaace/1ab/

• "BATTALION HISTORY, 114th AIR MOBILE LIGHT (1963, part 1)", http://www.145thcab.com/History/NL29HIST.htm

• The Legacy of Valor, Vietnam Helicopter Images and Artifacts; 114th Assault Helicopter Company – “Red Knight, White Knight, Cobras”, http://museum.vhpa.org/companies/114ahc/114ahc.shtml

• “History of the 114th Aviation Company Birddogs – Before the 220th arrived in Vietnam”, 220th Aviation Company (Surveillance Airplane Light) (Reconnaissance Airplane) (Utility Airplane), http://www.catkillers.org/history-114th-Avn-Co.html

• “Vinh Long Outlaws”, http://www.vinhlongoutlaws.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

• "Outlaws in Vietnam: 1966-67 in the Delta" by David Eastman

• "History of the 175th AHC", By: CW2 Carson Newton Snow III, https://vinhlongoutlaws.com/Portals/0/history/History%20of%20175th.pdf?ver=2011-08-01-131326-467

• “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific

• Letters written to Elvan and Alfreda Marshall from April 1964 - July 1964 by Raymond E. Marshall. Letters part of a private family collection currently in possession of the daughter of Raymond E. Marshall, Sondra K Marshall.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE VIETNAM VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS PAGE!

Sources:

1. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, pp 50-51
2. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, p 47
3. ↑ “Decorations, Awards, and Honors – Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register” Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 – 29 January 1988, pp 50-51
4. ↑ “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific
5. ↑ “History of the 114th Assault Helicopter Company and Attached Units (1 January 1966 – 31 December 1966”, Prepared by: Captain Frank H. Bosworth, 114th Assault Helicopter Company, Approved by: Robert I. Stoverink, LTC, Armor, Commanding, 13th Combat Aviation (Delta) Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam, United States Army, Pacific