Welcome to “Arts of War,” Vietnam Veterans of America’s up-to-the-minute update of information you can use about the arts—movies, television, stage plays, musicals, music, dance, popular and fine arts, and more—that deal with Vietnam veterans and the Vietnam War.
You can find in-depth information on these subjects in the “Arts of War” column in Vietnam Veterans of America’s national magazine, The VVA Veteran. That popular column has been written by The VVA Veteran’s arts editor, Marc Leepson, since 1986. This page, which is updated daily, contains arts news in brief, along with links to sources with more information.
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Posted on January 28th 2009 in Comments
John Brennan, who served as a Flight Operations Coordinator, with the 114th Aviation Helicopter Company in Vinh Long in 1970-71, is collecting names that in-country Army helicopter crews painted on their aircraft from 1961-73 for a book he is putting together.
“I have cataloged over 2,550 names to date,” Brennan told us. “I expect that number to exceed 3,000 when complete, and would very much like to include as many personalized copter names as possible. The second part of this book project is a photo collection of helicopter nose art that includes names, artwork, graffiti—everything and anything that was painted officially and unofficially on in-country Army copters.”
If you’d like to help, email the name info and/or scanned nose art pictures to johnmailman@yahoo.com
Posted on July 23rd 2009 in Comments, Museums, Music