281st ASSAULT HELICOPTER COMPANY
IMPORTANT WEBSITE LINKS
The Links listed on this page cover numerous
miscellaneous subjects and interesting links concerning Vietnam, Airmobile Operations,
Military Jargon/Terminology, Special Forces & Special Operations, and other
"links" to informative websites and resources.
( NOTE: Some links may no longer be operational.
Last updated: 3/18/06))
FRIENDS OF THIS INTRUDER WEBSITE
281st AHC Bandit
Platoon (Paul Greiner)
281st AHC
Stories & Pictures by John 'The Kid' Galkiewicz
11/67-8/68
281st AHC Stories & Pictures
by Jack Serig 10/66-3/67
281st AHC Stories & Pictures by
Craig Szwed 5/67-12/67
281st AHC Stories by
Charlie Green 1967
281st
Aircraft History
(Bell "Huey" UH-1H Iroquois SN: 66-16779)
KIA/MIA WEBSITES
The Virtual Wall Website (Lists 281st AHC KIA/MIAs)
VET1POWMIA (Vietnam Vet website honoring Intruder MIAs, by George R. Tanner, Sr. USA Ret.)
UNIT WEBSITES
Project Delta, Det. B-52 website of the unit that was the Intruders' main mission
1st Aviation Brigade the "Golden Hawks" of Vietnam from 3/66 to 3/73, "a portal to over 100 company websites".
117th Assault Helicopter Company the "Beachbums" and "Warlords" from Bien Hoa.
10th CAB
Newspaper "Vagabond Voice"
Articles are from the 10th CAB Newspaper dated 10 March 1969,
including some information regarding the 281st AHC.
(http://www.raydon.com/48ahc/10thcab1.htm
21st Signal Group Aviation Detachment at the Nha Trang Airbase
201st Avn Co (Corps) "Red Barons" at the Nha Trang Airbase
at Ban Me Thuot (sister unit in 10th CAB)
Bien Hoa - Hue/Phu Bai
Vietnam Memories website
ORGANIZATION WEBSITES
Vietnam Veterans of America, National organization
(click on "Locate Local Chapters")
Veterans of Foreign Wars, National
organization (lots of resources for vets, includes Search feature)
American Legion, World's Largest
Veterans Organization
US Army Aviation Museum (Ft. Rucker)
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
VHPA Museum Website An on-line museum of the helicopter war in Southeast Asia - John Conway, Webmaster)
Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network (VHFCN)
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association (VHCMA)
Heli-Vets (Vietnam Helicopter
Veterans, for both pilots and crew)
National Vietnam War Museum
Mineral Wells, TX
Special Forces Association
Special Forces Association Chapter 44
Khe Sanh
Veterans Home Page
Dedicated to all who served and died at Khe Sanh 1962 - 1972. Visit
the KIA Memorial page, then "Other Aviation Units" link
(http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4867/)
INTERESTING WEBSITES
The Vietnam Project (history project at Texas Tech University)
"In the Shadow of the Blade" (film project)
Vietnam Jargon/Terminology page
(Updated 8/14/06)
An extensive listing of jargon, terms, acronyms and phrases used in
Aviation, Vietnam, and the Army in general.
RUSSELL
PETER BOTT, SSG
US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES - REPORTED MISSING: 2 DECEMBER 1966, was
being extracted by 281st AHC "Intruder" aircraft.
(http://members.xoom.com/DA_MAN/bott/bio.html)
Army Aviation
Organizational History Branch, US Army Center of Military History,
Lineage and Honors Certificates, includes a too brief description of the lineage and
honors of the 10th Aviation (formerly known as 10th Combat Aviation Battalion, Dong Ba
Thin, RVN)
(http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/lineage/branches/aviat/av01.htm)
"KnifeFighter's"
website
"AVIATION PATCHS, US ARMY PATCHES, RANGER AND LRRP UNITS,
ARMY POCKET PATCHES, BAR AND MESS TOKENS, etc."
(http://205.147.202.167/knifefighters/default.htm)
Ribbon
Checker - USMC
"Click the boxes next to the ribbons you are
currently authorized to wear, then press the button below to get a graphical
representation of them. The ribbons on this page are listed in order of precedence. This
program does not currently take into account ribbon devices, including combat V's and
stars for multiple awards." (Many USMC medals are the same as Army medals.)
(http://kepler.egr.duke.edu/USMCRibbons.html)
Army
Aviation Flight School - During the 60's & 70's
"This is an un-official web site for Army Aviation.
This site is based on the experiences of Aviators trained through the Army Flight School,
starting at Fort Wolters, Texas then to Fort Rucker, Alabama or to Fort Stewart and Hunter
Army Air Field, Savannah Georgia."
(http://www.armyflightschool.org/aviation.htm)
Basic
Training - Fort Polk, Louisiana
Simple, but nostalgic look back at the "arm pit of
the world" as most of us called it.
(http://www.one-eleven.net/~tewilk/basic.htm)
Congressional Medal of Honor
Society Official Website
"The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in
action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the
Armed Services of the United States. In 1946, the Medal of Honor Society was formed
to perpetuate and uphold the integrity of the Medal of Honor and to help the Medal of
Honor recipients."
(http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cmhs/index.html)
The Military
Order of the Purple Heart Official Website
"The Only Congressionally Chartered Veterans
Organization Exclusively for Combat Wounded Veterans."
(http://www.purpleheart.org/)
The Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Wall Page
"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page is dedicated
to providing the most up to date and accurate information regarding the Names on The
Wall in Washington DC." Exceptional search engine for finding all (apparently)
official information concerning Vietnam KIAs.
(http://thewall-usa.com/)
Combat
After Action Report, Vietnam 1969
By: David John Kolsun and John David Kolsun
"This story and research occurred when David and John
wrote to War Stories! Additionally, their efforts to research produced a "how to
research After Action reports" procedure, which they kindly attached at the end of
this story. Clickable links to ".txt" files allow you to print the two-step
forms."
(http://www.war-stories.com/AfterAction.htm)
National Archives and Records
Administration of the United States
"Records of the United States Forces in Southeast
Asia, 1950-1975"
(Record Group 472)
This is a guide to cataloging of Vietnam War records
within the NARA
(http://gopher.nara.gov:70/0/inform/guide/400s/ )
U.S.
Army Military History Institute
"The primary research facility for the historical
study of the US Army...The Finding Aids have been completely revamped. "
(http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/)
The
Vietnam War Resource Guide
The most extensive listing of online resources about
Vietnam that I've ever seen (even with the few commercial advertisements included).
It takes some minutes to download the whole page.
(http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6v.htm)
"Vietnam:
The Helicopter War"
Short book scanned into .jpgs online about the helicopter
war, early years.
(http://www.slick-net.com/vthw/vthw.htm)
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