History Blog of Charlie Company, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam
Several of our members have taken the opportunity to participate in the Library of Congress project to record their oral history. The website for this project is:
https://www.loc.gov/vets/
You can search their site from that page.
If you search for [ 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion ] you will find several videos from our members.
Another different search [ 227th ] will result in more videos of members from the 227th AHB.
Gary Bridges (AKA Matt Jackson), A/227AHB, 1969-1970, has written a three book series about his Vietnam experience flying with the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion. His first book: “Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam” details daily events and missions with A/227. His second book: “Undaunted Valor: Medal of Honor” includes information about the 1970-1971 actions of the unit as the 227th units were reassigned when the 1CAV returned home to the US. His third book will be available in November: “Undaunted Valor: Lam Son 719” covers the actions by numerous units as they supported Vietnamese units in action in Laos, with details about the actions by D/227.
All of these books are well researched and give an accurate account of the events and actions of flying for the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division during Vietnam.
All of these books are available now on Amazon (softcover or kindle).
Gary Boyer, A/227, 1968-1969 Provided a photo of a record by Bill Ellis which was given out to 1CAV Troopers as they left Vietnam in 1969.
The four songs on this record are available on youtube below:
Copy provided by Kirby Lawson
Copy provided by Kirby Lawson
The 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion Honor Sword is passed each year to a selected member of our unit to act as the “Keeper of the Sword” until the next reunion. Each “Keeper’s” name is engraved on the sword blade and on the scabbard is engraved the names of the initial organizers of our reunion.
Video provided by Thom Carr, B/227, 1966-1967
The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association memorial for Vietnam helicopter pilots and crew members at Arlington National Cemetery dedication ceremonies
Provided by the VHPA
Slideshow of C/227 in action, produced by Geoff Boehm, CW4 Ret, and provided by Kirby Lawson for release onto the C/227 website
When the 1st Cavalry Division left Vietnam all of the units of the 227th remained in Vietnam and were re-designated/re-assigned. C/227 became the 60th Aviation Company, Assault Helicopter.
Philip Williams who served as Crew Chief from 1971 to 1972 when the unit was located at Ninh Hoa, has a copy of the 1971 yearbook and has provided the 1971 yearbook information below.
The link below will open a PDF file of the “Yearbook” section of individual photos with names. The second file is a PDF file of the action photos.