Camp Holloway Discussion Forum Archive 02 - 05/07/01 to 02/28/03

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Bob & Bob,

The following info was obtained from the Camp Holloway Web Page. I know we went through some of it a month ago but it confirms the Black Dragons. Maybe not by Military History but this site is reliable.

81st Trans Co. 09/17/62 - 06/25/63 became 119th AHC

81st TC-119th 70th Sig Det (RL), 94th Med Det (OA), 545th TC (Hel Maint)

The 81st Trans. Co. received notice 3 August 1962 for deployment to Vietnam from Schofield Barracks in Hawaii where they were being trained in jungle warfare. The CH-21 helicopters were transported by ship on the USNS Croatan and arrived at Saigon Port in October. The base became fully operational on 15 October 1962 under the command of Major George Aldridge Jr. and was the fourth helicopter unit on Vietnamese soil. The 81st Transportation Co. was inactivated and redesignated as the 119th Aviation Company - Air Mobile Light (Black Dragons) which was activated on June 25, 1963 along with the support units of the 70th Signal, 545th Maintenance, the 57th Medical Air Ambulance Team and 94th Medical Detachments under command of the 52nd Aviation Battalion.

Tom Gator 851.

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