Permission granted by co-author Dick Detra to use “188th Black Widow Aviation” Cover of the 188th Black Widow Aviation personal note to Kjell page 2 of BWA book picture of US Army sign for Fort Campbell, KY page 3 of BWA book picture fort Campbell KY page 4 of BWA Book table of contents introduction BWA book BWA book chart BWA book BWA book BWA book Unit, Lineage, Redeployment Activities Deployment, Unauthorized The Ed Sullivan Show Command and Control and Temporary Duty Assignments Unit Awards 188th AHC Flag and Medals Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers continued Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers continued Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers continued Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers continued Black Widow Helicopter Tail Numbers continued Deployment Roster February 23, 1967 Transportation company detachment deployment roster and infusions assault helicopter company personnel roster as of October 16, 1967 FNG's November 1967 FNG's FNG's plaque collection plaque collection plaque collection combat patch collection combat patch page 29 Nose and Door Art art collection along with description Art collection Art collection Art Collection Art Collection Art Collection Art Collection Dau Tieng Vietnam 1967 map and list of stations Camp Rainier Dau Tieng South Vietnam 1967-1968 Dau Tieng Base Camp pictures around Camp Rainier The Michelin Rubber Plantation Binh Duong Province The AV8ERS The AV8ERS page 2 The AV8ERS page 3 The AV8ERS page 4 Combat Slang and Chopper Gunner - songs 188th Theme Song Mascots Mascots 154 medical detachment and chancre 6 154 medical detachment and chancre 6 part B Doc Parkers Med Bunker LZ Sally description of 4th signal Fort Campbell and Vung Tau description of Dau Tieng and Tuy Hoa description of Tuy Hoa, Sgt Fields and others description of The day before becoming commander and others description of Food and the Deputy MACV Commander B-36 Bo Gritz and Cambodia and Rapid Fire and the Black Widows description of Rapid Fire and the Black Widows description of Rapid Fire and the Black Widows and The Letter description of More on Rapid Fire V and War Zone C description of Picnic II Operation Hospital Information Cu Chi Smokey Baron Smokey Baron page 2 Smokey Baron page 3 photographs of 188th combat assault photographs of assault My Chance To Fly Smokey by Curt Knapp My Chance To Fly Smokey page 2 by Curt Knapp photographs of Black Widow helicopters photographs of Smokie photographs of Black Widow Smokie II description of Smokey and Black Widow Smoke I and II The Marvels of the Mind and Soul, Smokie and Happy New Year NVA Style description of Happy New Year NVA Style page 2 Letter of Commendation March 10, 1968 Letter of Commendation January 3, 1968 Organizational Chain of Command 12th Combat Aviation Group 1st Aviation Brigade and 12th combat Aviation Group Black Jack 6 and Tet 68 269th Combat Aviation Battalion letter regarding The Black Widows photographs of time in Vietnam photographs of commanding officers Letter of Commendation December 14, 1967 photographs of Black Baron 6 helicopters The 269th Combat Aviation Battalion The 269th Combat Aviation Battalion page 2 The 269th Combat Aviation Battalion page 3 The Black Barons Maltese Cross The Black Barons Maltese Cross page 2 The Black Barons Maltese Cross page 3 photographs of Black Widows photographs of CH-47 and 269th headquarters photographs of 269th CAB headquarters and Officers Club photographs of cockpit and soldiers photographs soldiers and The Smokey Baron Boyz photographs of soldiers photographs of soldiers Letter of Commendation March 13, 1968 Organizational Chain of Command 16th Combat Aviation Group 159th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion and 101st Air Cavalry Division 308th Combat Aviation Battalion - Symbolism 308th Combat Aviation Battalion 308th Combat Aviation Battalion Motto-Black Adler Welcome to Eagle Country Black Adler Flyer Black Adler Flyer page 2 Tuesday, June 25, 1968 Certificate of Achievement The Step Child, 208th Headquarters and Headquarter Company 17th and 200th Assault Support Helicopter 308th CAB Daily Staff Journal Sidewinder Ambush in Bien Hoa February 1968 188th Moved North 188th Assault Helicopter Company 188th AHC Base Camp Relationship with the 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Comments on Relationship with the 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne page 2 Black Widows and Spiders LZ Sally April 1968 Beats Walking “Black Widow” I Corps Tactical Zone Areas of Operations Stations LZ Sally 2nd BDE 101st Air CAV DIV Events that turn Commanders Head's Gray BW6 Comments and Operation Delaware Operation Delaware page 2 Tanks are moving to attack LZ Sally and Loss of Life Hurts Loss of Life Hurts and Change of Command Change of Command and Command and Control North Operations Battles and Reorganization SOG - A Photo History of the Secret Wars by John L. Plaster US Helicopter Units That Flew For SOG the enemy photographs of VC POW POWs POWs showing POWs III Corps and I Corps Statistics for the 308th CAB I Corps Statistics killed in action wounded in action patches The Juicers and the Heads Thunderclap Dau Tieng Special Interest The Red Earth French Foreign Legion and Dau Tieng charts Historical Summary of the Dau Tieng Plantation White Warriors Engaged in Sustained Operations Ivy's 3rd Brigades Snack Bar First and Only in War Zone C Swimming Pool Dau Tieng photographs of Snack Bar opened July 4, 1967 Independence Day 1968 195th Assault Helicopter Company, Stacked Deck The Battle of Dau Tieng The Battle of Dau Tieng page 2 Atop Foggy Nui Ba Den More History About Nui Ba Den “Kings” of the Mount Rise to the Occasion Nui Ba Den: Pilot Risks Life to Rescue a LRP The Air Force at Dau Tieng Military Police Spot and stop Enemy Advance on Dau Tieng Pacification Assessment, Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province, RVN March 3, 1970 Pacification Assessment, Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province, RVN March 3, 1970 44th Scout Dog Platoon Medal of Honor Dau Tieng History 1969 Dau Tieng History 1969 The Siege of Tri Tam The Siege of Tri Tam Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province July 1969—1970 Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province July 1969-1970 page 2 Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province July 1969-1970 page 3 Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province July 1969-1970 page 4 Tri Tam District, Binh Duong Province July 1969-1970 page 5 The Siege of Dau Tieng The Siege of Dau Tieng page 2 The Siege of Dau Tieng page 3 The Siege of Dau Tieng page 4