Helicopter War Commemoration

Carris Kocher informs us that The Vietnam War: A 50th Year Commemoration of “The Helicopter War” will take place Nov. 12 at West Chester University and American Helicopter Museum and Education Center in West Chester.

The event is to honor “Vietnam War veterans and their families, underlying the unique contributions to the war effort made by helicopters, and highlighting the Delaware Valley’s ongoing contributions to rotary craft aviation” according to the event organizers. It will   feature “a series of prominent speakers, both scholars and practitioners, who will situate the use of rotary wing craft within the American Way of War.”

The agenda is:

An Exhibit of Vietnam era artifacts curated by West Chester University Special Collections Director
10 a.m. – Opening Ceremony
11 a.m. – Rotary Wing Pioneers, Design and Engineering
1 p.m. – Opening Keynote Address Professor John Bonin, US Army War College
2 p.m. – Helicopters in Vietnam
3 p.m. – Post-Vietnam:  Legacy of the “Helicopter War”
4 p.m. – Veterans’ Round Table discussion
6 p.m. – Evening Reception at AHM&EC

The museum is at 1220 American Blvd., West Chester, Pa., 19380.

For prices and other information, contact info@americanhelicopter.museum or rkodosky@wcupa.edu

Helicopter War Commemoration

Helicopter War Commemoration

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