US-RPB-ams-1u-c13 Guide to the Michael J. Carley (Class of 1962) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War1964-2014 Finding aid prepared by Barbara Ambos. Brown University Library

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English 0.25 Linear feet 1964-2014 This collection contains biographical information about Michael John Carley (Brown University Class of 1962), who was killed in action (KIA 670227) while copiloting a helicopter mission in the Vietnam War. Carley had flown 320 missions, entitling him to 16 Air Medals. A large part of the collection is in the form of an oral history and other recollections by his widow, Connie Worthington (Brown University/Pembroke Class of 1968). Worthington talks about their days as students at Brown University, Carley’s pilot training, his experiences in Vietnam and his memorial services, as part of the Vietnam Oral History Collections. There are also recollections about Mike Carley from his U.S.M.C. comrades from military-related sources and from a reunion with Connie, son Michael Carley, Jr. and the surviving members of Mike Carley's [Sr.] squadron. Includes a published book by Mike's brother, Richard Carley, titled "Growing up on the farm: a Sharon Mountain story" which includes historical recollections of the town of Sharon, Connecticut, and a remembrance of Mike. Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 Carley (Michael J.) (Class of 1962) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War Biographical Note

First Lieutenant Michael “Mike” John Carley (1940-1967), United States Marine Corps, attended boarding schools in Western Connecticut, winning scholarships to attend first the Indian Mountain School, then Hotchkiss School. At Hotchkiss, Mike became close with classmates Charlie Milmine and George Gurney. During his sophomore year of high school, he earned his pilot’s license. Senior year, Mike accepted a Naval ROTC scholarship to attend Brown University in the fall of 1958, along with these two best friends. In the summer of 1963, preparing for his last semester at Brown, he met Connie Worthington. On their first date, Mike took her flying.

By January of 1964, when Mike finally completed his degree in Sociology, Connie and Mike were engaged to be married. After graduation, Mike was required to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia to fulfill his NROTC contract. The couple married on June 6, 1964 at St. Sebastian’s Church, on the East Side of Providence. Mike then reported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. The couple lodged in a small, two-story apartment complex just outside the base while Mike completed basic flight training on the T-28 aircraft before opting into the helicopter track. The Carleys had moved to the eastern panhandle at the beginning of Freedom Summer, the June 1964 civil rights campaign to register Black voters in staunchly-exclusionist Mississippi. Even in the insular communities formed around military bases, life on the Emerald Coast was difficult for Connie and Mike. Connie remembers “a Rebel (brand) gas station refused to serve us because we had Connecticut plates on the car. Some of our friends, who were Northerners, got Florida plates rather than be identified as ‘Yankees’ during a very tense time.” In the fall of 1964, after Mike had made first lieutenant at Pensacola, the Carleys headed east to a small auxiliary base in Milton, Florida for air carrier training.

On November 7, 1964 in a civilian hospital in Avalon Beach, Mike Jr. was born. Though the baby was born a little early, the Carleys had to admit he was conceived before their wedding. “It was unacceptable in those days,” Connie explains, “but everyone was very kind. And my mother got over it.” As the couple moved from base to base to continue Mike’s training over the next 18 months, the Carleys learned to keep their Connecticut plates out of sight and stay quiet about his Catholicism and her occasional visits to the Quaker meetinghouse in Pensacola. From Milton, the Carleys moved to another naval auxiliary base in Pace, Florida before transferring to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. They would remain there from the spring of 1965 until June 1966, when Mike received orders for deployment to Ky Ha, I Corps, South Vietnam as an H-34 helicopter pilot in the “Ugly Angels,” HMM-362. With a month off before he was scheduled to deploy, Mike, Connie, and 18-month-old Mike Jr. headed back to the Chepachet, Rhode Island cabin where they had spent their wedding night.

Connie remembers having “lots of discussions, and ‘what if’ conversations” with Mike. An entire year had passed since the fall of Saigon, and everyone understood that Mike might not make it home. She and Mike were pragmatic, deciding that if something happened to Mike in the service, she’d go back to school, get her degree, and rely on her parents’ help to raise Mike Jr. The frank talk allowed them to relax and enjoy what would be their last weeks together in Rhode Island. In June of 1966, Mike flew to Camp Pendleton to prepare for deployment to Vietnam. At Ky Ha, Mike was known for spit-shining his flight boots and keeping a meticulous bunk. (His ironic nom de guerre: “Pig Pen.”)

Connie would get to see Mike one last time, for a Hawaiian R&R at the end of January 1967. “I was really worried about the R&R,” she admits, “Because I had been on a college campus that was mobilizing against the war, and he had been in a war zone. And I was afraid that we might have grown apart somehow.” She was relieved, though, to find that nothing had changed between her and Mike: “The minute we got together, it was still the same old, same old. I mean, it was just wonderful that we’d had such totally different experiences, which we talked about, but it was just great.”

Correspondence from “The Brown Club of Ky Ha” in January 1967 provided by Carley to Brown Alumni Magazine (published February 1967) noted that Carley had flown 320 missions, entitling him to 16 Air Medals (20 missions/Air Medal). On February 27, 1967, Mike was killed in action while copiloting a transport mission. Mike was shot through the windscreen and pilot Hippert was shot in the leg, but made his emergency landing. Other team members rescued Hippert and the remaining crew and organized a reaction force to recover Mike’s body. An hour later, a reconnaissance team recovered Mike’s body from where it hung in the straps. The funeral was held in Mike’s hometown of Sharon, Connecticut. Later there was a packed memorial service in Brown’s Manning Chapel, attended by Mike and Connie’s friends from Providence. Charlie Milmine and George Gurney came, along with Connie’s Rhode Island family.

Mike’s death marked a turning point in Connie’s political and personal life. “It became a different war after his death,” she reflects and she became involved with antiwar protests at Brown. She also faced economic adversity as a single mother.

In February of 1990, Connie and 26-year-old Mike Jr. travelled to Southern California to meet three Ugly Angels who had been at Ky Ha with Mike Sr. and who still felt guilty that Mike’s body had been left in the wrecked helicopter while he and the others were extracted. The meeting brought a sense of resolution for Mike Sr.’s team of Angels as much as for Connie and Mike Jr. “It was amazing,” Connie says. At the same time, “I don’t think anything really closes. I mean, I forget the dates, I forget the names, but I—as I said, it’s a part of who I am.” Connie and her husband, a Brown professor, continue to make their home in Rhode Island. “I couldn’t ask for a better partner in life. But I will always be a Vietnam widow. It always defines me.”

While Connie has remarried, she and Mike Jr. have remained close with the Carleys. Though he never enlisted, Mike Jr., who lives with Asperger’s syndrome, has travelled with American Veterans (AMVETS) and Veterans for Peace to complete postwar service projects in Iraq, Cuba, and Bosnia. Now in his 50s, Mike Jr., in addition to the Carleys has kept in touch with some of his father’s Marine Corps friends, even attending Ugly Angels reunions.

Collection information

This collection contains biographical information about Michael “Mike” John Carley (1940-1967) (Brown University Class of 1962), who was killed in action (KIA 670227) while copiloting a helicopter mission in the Vietnam War. Carley had flown 320 missions, entitling him to 16 Air Medals (20 missions/Air Medal). A large part of the collection is in the form of an oral history and other recollections by his widow, Connie Worthington (Brown University/Pembroke Class of 1968). Worthington talks about their days at Brown University, Carley’s pilot training, his experiences in Vietnam and his memorial services, as part of the Vietnam Oral History Collections. There are also recollections about Mike Carley from his U.S.M.C. comrades from military-related sources and from a reunion with Connie, son Michael Carley, Jr. and the surviving members of Mike Carley's [Sr.] squadron. It also includes a published book by Mike's brother, Richard Carley, titled "Growing up on the farm: a Sharon Mountain story" which contains historical recollections of the town of Sharon, Connecticut, and a remembrance of Mike.

Series 1. Oral history: This series contains the audio recording, typed transcription and an edited typed transcription of the interview conducted by Professor Elizabeth Taylor of Connie Worthington, widow of Mike Carley, on July 13, 2010 as part of the Brown Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project. The interview begins with Connie Worthington describing how she met Mike Carley (circa 1963) in Rhode Island. Recollections in the interview include Mike's friendships with Alpha Delta Phi fraternity brothers and others, family relationships and history, and their wedding. Connie briefly touches on Officers Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia where Mike received his 2nd Lieutenant rank then recalls experiences of traveling south to Pensacola, Florida for helicopter training. This was in the summer of 1964, where they, as "Yankee" Northerners, felt discrimination from the locals and sensed the locals' aversion to differences like religion and skin color.

Mike Carley is sent to Ky Ha, South Vietnam (near Chu Lai, in QUang tTin Province, I Corps, South Vietnam), Connie recounts their conversations of the danger he was facing and her Rhode Island and Brown experiences with their son, living with her parents, and their R&R in Honolulu three weeks before he was killed. Connie shares some war stories she heard from Mike and describes letters written by Mike and some photographs of an airstrike she used to have. She describes being notified of his death by the Marines, the way she and others grieve, and the effect of his death and how becoming a Vietnam widow has shaped her life. She wanted their son, Michael Jr., to know his father's friends and family and now that he is an adult he maintains those relationships including attending reunions and arranging meetings. In a specially arranged meeting, Connie and Michael Jr. hear eyewitness accounts of Mike's death. Through Mike's surviving veteran friends, called the Ugly Angels, Michael Jr. becomes involved in the Veterans for Peace.

Connie ends the interview describing her involvement in the Junior League, and her writings and feelings about the war protests of the time. She expresses the parallels to and her sympathies with the families involved with the current wars (Afghanistan, Iraq).

Series 2. Articles: This includes text from articles and websites about Mike Carley: Article from Brown Alumni Monthly about the "Brown Club" in Ky Ha, Republic of Viet Nam (sent to Brown by Carley weeks before his death); postings from the Ugly Angels and the USMC Combat Helicopter Association about the death of Mike Carley; and writings about Vietnam Moratorium protest and civil rights by Connie Worthington.

Series 3. Photographs: Includes photographs of Mike and Connie Carley's wedding party (b&w), an aerial view of Ky Ha Vietnam (color) where Mike was stationed during his time in Vietnam, and a photo of Mike in a transport plane (color). Military portraits of Mike are in the collection as digital objects only. Photographs downloaded from the Pop-A-Smoke (USMC Combat Helicopter Association) website (www.popasmoke.com) include images of Mike and several of the Ky Ha installations and related areas and military experiences of the “Ugly Angels,” HMM-362.

Series 4. Memorials: This series contains programs for the Commencement Morning Worship and Alumni Memorial for Mike Carley and correspondence from Chaplin Charles Baldwin. The service program lists the deceased members of the Class of 1947 and also honors by name and class, "those Brown men who have given their lives during the Vietnam conflict."

Series 5. Supporting Materials: This series contains follow-up email communications among the interview participants for clarification of terms referenced and to arrange for copies of the materials shared during the interview. It also includes an exchange with squadron mate David Taylor who relays his perspectives on the history of some of the names and provides visual identification of aircraft used in the 1st Marine Corps aviation unit in Vietnam. Mike's brother, Richard Carley contributed his book "Growing up on the farm: a Sharon Mountain story" which includes historical recollections of farming in the town of Sharon, Connecticut, circa 1942-2010 and a remembrance of Mike.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

This collection is arranged into 5 series.

Series 1. Oral history Series 2. Articles Series 3. Photographs Series 4. Memorials Series 5. Supporting Materials

Michael J. Carley (Class of 1962) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War, MS-1U-C13, Brown University Library.

Administrative information

Gift of Connie Worthington in 2012.

Additional information

Part of the Vietnam Veterans Archive (Brown University).

See also the oral history of Connie Worthington, the widow of Michael Carley, created in 2015 which is part of the Christine Dunlap Farnham Oral History collection (OH.1S.2013.0002) in the Brown University Archives.

Names Alpha Delta Phi. Brunonian Chapter (Brown University). Baldwin, Charles Brown University--Commencement. Brown University--Students Brown University. Class of 1966. Brown University. Naval ROTC. Duphiney, Randall W. Fix, Ronald E., 1942-2006 Gurney, George Junior League of Providence. Maloney , William R. Milmine, Charles E. Steinsieck, Robert T. Taylor, David E. Taylor, Elizabeth S. (Beth) Turner, James D. United States. Marine Corps. Uniforms. United States. Marine Corps. United States. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362. Veterans for Peace, Inc. Vietnam Veterans Archive (Brown University). Worthington, Connie Subjects Air pilots, Military Armed Forces -- Officers Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century Da Nang (Vietnam) farms Farms, Small Flight training Khé Sanh (Vietnam) Ky Ha Marine Air Facility Marine Corps Base Quantico (Va.) Marines--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. Memorial service programs Military helicopters Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.) Quang Nam, Vietnam Quang Tri (Vietnam : Province) Sharon (Conn.) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Casualties Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States Occupations Military officers Officers, Military and naval Types of Materials Color photographs RIAMCO Browsing Term Military Oral Histories Series 1 Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Sound recording on CD-ROM disc 1 1 1.0 disc 2010 July 13 Scope and Contents note

Part 1 of the audio recording is transcribed on Pages 1-44 of the typed transcription. Part 2 is transcribed on Pages 44-48 of the typed transcription.

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Sound recording on CD-ROM disc, 2010 July 13

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Transcription edited by Connie Worthington 1 2 49.0 pages Transcription of an interview by Elizabeth Johnson with Connie Worthington, widow of Michael Carley (Brown 1966). The inteview took place on July 13, 2010 and was later edited by Connie Worthington who noted "I corrected some things, added names and relevant bits of detail" 2010 July 13 Scope and Contents note

Connie Worthington interview conducted by Prof. Elizabeth Taylor in the John Hay Library

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Transcription edited by Connie Worthington, 2010 July 13

Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 Worthington, Connie Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Transcription unedited 1 2 48.0 pages 2010 July 13

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Transcription unedited, 2010 July 13

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Interview notes 1 3 5.0 pages 2010 July 10 Taylor, Elizabeth S. (Beth)

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor - Interview notes, 2010 July 10

Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 United States. Marine Corps. Worthington, Connie Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States Widows Brown Vietnam Vets Oral History: Years at Brown questions and notes by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor 1 4 4.0 sheets 2010 July 13 Scope and Contents note

Four sheets of prompt questions with handwritten responses on the front and back of the pages.

Brown Vietnam Vets Oral History: Years at Brown questions and notes by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor, 2010 July 13

Brown University Oral History Program Release Form signed by Connie Worthington 1 5 1.0 page 2010 July 13 Michael J. Carley Biography based on the oral history interview of his widow Connie Worthington [written by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor?] 1 6 8.0 pages 2010

Michael J. Carley Biography based on the oral history interview of his widow Connie Worthington [written by Prof. Elizabeth S. Taylor?], 2010

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Christy Law Blanchard - Sound recording on 3 digital .mp3 files Digital Audio Files 2015 June 8 Scope and Contents note

Oral history interview conducted as part of the Brown Women Speak project at the Pembroke Centre for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University. Connie Worthington graduated from Pembroke in 1968. She talks about her family, growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, attending Mount Holyoke College, meeting Michael Carley, and becoming a military family and moving with Mike and their son Mike Jr. to Florida and North Carolina. She then describes her experiences as a single widowed mother and student at Brown University after Mike was killed in Vietnam and the raising of her son who has Asperger's Syndrome. She also describes the legend of Professor Josiah S. Carberry, a venerated fictional figure at Brown. She talks about her support of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women and her career teaching at Lincoln School in Providence. She then married a man from England, moved to London and worked for Hunger Project Trust and Amnesty International. She ended that marriage, came back to Providence and worked for Rhode Island Religious Coalition on Abortion Rights. When she retired did volunteer work as an escort of women outside Planned Parenthood medical centers in Rhode Island. She also discusses her trip to Vietnam with her son Mike Jr. to visit the places that her deceased husband had seen during his military service there flying helicopters.

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Christy Law Blanchard - sound recording in 3 mp3 files, 2015 June 8

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Christy Law Blanchard - Transcription 1 6a 23.0 pages 2015 June 8

Oral history interview of Connie Worthington by Christy Law Blanchard - transcription, 2015 June 8

Articles Series 2 1967-1969 "A Brown Club with Air Medals" / "Brown Club Whose Members Have Flown 1640 Missions" - Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. LXVII No. 5 1 7 2.0 pages 1967 February Scope and Contents note

Article discussing "The Brown Club of Ky Ha," comprised of five Brown alumnus who found themselves stationed together in Ky Ha, Vietnam. Includes a photograph of the five men, dated January 23, 1967: Maj. Randall W. Duphiney '53; Capt. James D. Turner '58; 1st Lt. Edward Kirkland '65; 1st Lt. Michael J. Carley '62; and Lt. Col. William R. Maloney '51. Titles are different on article and in table of contents.

"A Brown Club with Air Medals" / "Brown Club Whose Members Have Flown 1640 Missions" - Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. LXVII No. 5 , 1967 February

Brown Alumni Monthly "Killed In Action" [Carley] 1 7 1967 April

Brown Alumni Monthly "Killed In Action" [Carley], 1967 April

"Around and About" by Worthington, Constance. Column for the Junior League of Providence magazine/newsletter. 1 7 5.0 pages 1969 Scope and Contents note

Column discusses how political unrest, impatience, and violence have touched the Brown and Pembroke communities. Looks at roots of student unrest, explaining that "The target for student upheaval, therefore, is inequality in various forms," chief among these being the war in Vietnam, civil rights, and institutional inequality (e.g. Brown's standardized curriculum). Focuses on how "a state of student upheaval" can be transformed to a "state of peaceful and democratic change," advocating constructive, open discourse. In an email dated February 13, 2013 from Connie Worthington to Erica Florenz (see Box 1 Folder 7), Connie explained that "Around and About" was originally written for the Junior League of Providence magazine/newsletter.

"Around and About" by Worthington, Constance. Column for the Junior League of Providence magazine/newsletter., 1969

"The Vietnam Moratorium" by Connie Carley, published in "The Signpost" the magazine of the Junior League of Providence, Vol. XLIX No. 3 1 7 5.0 pages 1969 December Scope and Contents note

Brief article written by Connie Worthington (under the name Connie Carley) about a large protest on October 15, 1969 organized by The National Moratorium Committee against American involvement in Vietnam. Ms. Worthington lauds the protests and advocates for reciprocal communication between citizens and government.

"The Vietnam Moratorium" by Connie Carley, published in "The Signpost" the magazine of the Junior League of Providence, Vol. XLIX No. 3, 1969 December

"The Death of Mike Carley", from the Ugly Angels HMM-362 website (http://www.hmm-362.us/carley_by_fix.htm) 1 7 6.0 pages printed 2010 April 26 Fix, Ronald E., 1942-2006 Scope and Contents note

Printed from a website devoted to the "Ugly Angels, HMM-362" (http://www.hmm-362.us/carley_by_fix.htm) on April 26, 2010. The report describes the death of Mike Carley, told principally through the eyes of Ron Fix.

"The Death of Mike Carley", from the Ugly Angels HMM-362 website (http://www.hmm-362.us/carley_by_fix.htm), printed 2010 April 26

Brown University. Naval ROTC. Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 United States. Marine Corps. Marines--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Brothers (& Sisters) Killed in Action in USMC Helicopters or while assigned to USMC Helicopter Squadrons in Vietnam: Michael John Carley Incident 1 7 2014

Brothers (& Sisters) Killed in Action in USMC Helicopters or while assigned to USMC Helicopter Squadrons in Vietnam: Michael John Carley Incident, 2014

Photographs Series 3 1964-1967 Michael Carley and Connie Worthington wedding group 1 8 1.0 photographs 1964 June 6 Scope and Contents note

Pictured from left to right: George Gurney, Charles E. "Chas" Milmine, Bill Worthington, W. Chesley "Chet" Worthington, Connie Worthington, Michael John Carley, Richard A. "Dick" Carley, Richard L. Carley, Jay Stevens

Michael Carley and Connie Worthington wedding group, 1964 June 6

Ky Ha, Vietnam as seen from the air 1 8 1.0 photographs 1966-1967

Ky Ha, Vietnam a seen from the air, 1966-1967

1st Lt. Mike Carley in military air transport 1 8 1.0 photographs 1966-1967 Scope and Contents note

Michael Carley is sitting inside a military air transport plane.

1st Lt. Mike Carley in military air transport, 1966-1967

Michael J. Carley military portrait - ROTC 1 8 circa 1966

Michael J. Carley military portrait - ROTC, circa 1966

First Lieutenant Michael John Carley military portrait 1 8 circa 1966

First Lieutenant Michael John Carley military portrait , circa 1966

Mike Carley (on right) and Mike Kennett on the transit line at Cubi Point, Philippines. 1 8 3.0 pages 1966 Scope and Contents note

Mike Carley walking outside with Mike Kennett. Caption under photo: "Mike Carley and JD "Smokey" Norton on the transit line at Cubi Point on one of those light days. These were good times. Photo by Joel Vignere." Comment added later as correction: "The guy on the right is indeed Mike Carley, but the fellow with the mustache is Mike Kennett, not Smokey Norton."

Mike Carley (on right) and Mike Kennett on the transit line at Cubi Point., 1966

Michael Carley and Deak Warner in "Ugly Angel" hootch, Vietnam 1 8 3.0 pages circa 1967 Scope and Contents note

Mike Carley standing in his underwear inside the hootch. Caption on photo: "Mike Carley screwing around in an Ugly Angel hootch. Despite his bizarre appearance in this photo, Mike took such great pride in his appearance that his nom de guerre was "PigPen." Mike was killed in February of 67 at Nui Dang, southeast of Quang Ngai. Beside him in the photo is Bob "Deak" Warner who flew Mike's body back to Ky Ha after the incident. Photo by Joel Vignere." Comment added by Dick Moser: "The guy on the right whose head is barely visible is, I think, Dick Jesse, who was our logistics officer. The skinny kid bending over in the background is me."

Michael Carley and Deak Warner in "Ugly Angel" hootch, Vietnam, 1966

Exterior photograph of hootch for the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362, Khe Sanh, Vietnam 1 8 2.0 pages 1967 December Scope and Contents note

Building where the men of Aircrew HMM-362 relaxed between flights. Caption under photo: "Home away from home! Aircrew Hooch at Khe Sahn [Vietnam]. Christmas 67."

Exterior photograph of hootch for the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1967 December

Ugly Night Club Act - members of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 putting on a show, Ky Ha, Vietnam 1 8 2.0 pages 1966 Scope and Contents note

Aircrew members of HMM-362 putting on a show for crewmates with their torsos bear, painted with faces and their arms up in giant top hats covering their heads. Caption under photo: "Actually an even better act than it apears to be. Somehow the performers were able to make the cigarettes in their navels actually puff. In Special Edition #5, Ron Fix describes this scene. Mike Carely who was killed 670227 is at extreme right. Only other known performer was Smokey Norton but I am not sure which torso was his and who any others were. Please identify yourselves. Photo by Joel Vignere."

Ugly Night Club Act - members of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 putting on a show, Ky Ha, Vietnam, 1966

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 line up outside the Mess Hall, Ky Ha (?), Vietnam. 1 8 2.0 pages 1969 February Scope and Contents note

Large building with members of the United State Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 lined up outside waiting for a meal. Caption under photo: "Now that's a chow line."

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 line up outside the Mess Hall, Ky Ha (?), Vietnam, 1969 February

Photograph of United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 mess hall with brass band giving a concert, Christmas, Khe Sanh, Vietnam 1 8 2.0 pages 1967 December Scope and Contents note

Photograph of United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 mess hall with brass band giving a concert, Christmas, Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Caption under photo: "Christmas 67 at Khe Sanh."

Photograph of United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 mess hall with brass band giving a concert, Christmas, Khe Sanh, Vietnam., 1967 December

Ky Ha, Vietnam - village main street and buildings where United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 was stationed. 1 8 2.0 pages circa 1966 Scope and Contents note

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 was stationed in Ky Ha, Vietnam. Caption under photo: "HMM-362, Ky Ha, 1966-1967. A stroll down the main street of Ky Ha ville."

Ky Ha, Vietnam - village main street and buildings where United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 was stationed., circa 1966

View near Nui Dang, Vietnam, area where Mike Carley of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 was killed 1 8 3.0 pages circa 1967 Scope and Contents note

Area where Mike Carley with the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 flew a mission on Feburary 27, 1967 and was killed near Nui Dang, Vietnam. Caption under photo: "This is the area where Mike Carley, HMM-362, was killed. According to Ron Fix they were descending from west to east, as shown in the photo, when they took fire. Jim Hippert subsequently landed the disabled a/c in a mine field. Ron says that the field(s) to the right front of the hill remind him of where they actually landed. Photo by Joel Vignere."

View near Nui Dang, Vietnam, area where Mike Carley of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 was killed, circa 1967

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 land HUS-1 Seahorse helicopters in rice paddies, Vietnam 1 8 3.0 pages circa 1966 Scope and Contents note

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 land HUS-1 Seahorses helicopters in rice paddies, Vietnam. Caption under photo: "LZ. HUS-1 Seahorses from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 362 insert Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops in a landing zone in a rice paddy in South Vietnam. As part of Operation Shufly, HMM-362 became the first Marine aviation unit to fly operationally in country in South Vietnam beginning on April 15, 1962."

United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362 land HUS-1 Seahorse helicopters in rice paddies, Vietnam, circa 1966

YL-42 UH-34D helicopter in which Mike Carley (member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362) was flying when he was killed on February 27, 1967 1 8 2.0 pages 1966 Scope and Contents note

Photograph of the YL-42 UH-34D helicopter in which Mike Carley (1st Lt. in United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362) was flying when he was killed on February 27, 1967. Caption under photo: "HMM-362 YL-42. A rare occasion of this work Dog sitting static."

YL-42 UH-34D helicopter in which Mike Carley (member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron HMM-362) was flying when he was killed on February 27, 1967, 1966

Memorials Series 4 June 1972 Morning Worship and Alumni Memorial Program from Brown University Commencement 1 9 1.0 pamphlet/2 pages 1972 June 4 Scope and Contents note

Program for service in which men who lost lives in Vietnam were honored. Michael J. Carley is among the men honored.

Morning Worship and Alumni Memorial Program from Brown University Commencement, June 4, 1972

Correspondence from Charles A. Baldwin, Chaplain of the University to Mrs. Constance Carley enclosing a copy of the Morning Worship and Alumni Memorial program 1 9 1.0 page 1972 June 15

Correspondence from Charles A. Baldwin, Chaplain of the University to Mrs. Constance Carley enclosing a copy of the Morning Worship and Alumni Memorial program, 1972 June 15

Supporting Materials Series 5 Carley, Richard L. "Growing Up On the Farm: A Sharon Mountain Story" AuthorHouse, 2011 [published book] ISBN: 9781463419585 1 10 1.0 volume 2011 Scope and Contents note

Richard L. Carley was Michael J. Carley's brother. This book is Richard's perspective on their youth. It includes stories about their father and grandfather and the history of Sharon Mountain area in Sharon, Connecticut where they grew up, as well as a moving description of Michael's funeral. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: "God Bless you Mike. Will always love you. your brother Rich (5/16/12)"

Brown University--Students Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 Related Emails: Email correspondence between Connie Worthington, Prof. Elizabeth Taylor and Erica Florenz (research assistant) 1 11 3.0 pages 2012 August 6 - 2013 February 21 Worthington, Connie Scope and Contents note

Email correspondence between Connie Worthington, Prof. Beth Taylor and research assistant Erica Florenz, clarifying items from Connie Worthington's 2010 Oral History interview with Prof. Beth Taylor and Mrs. Worthington's article "Around and About."

Related Emails: Email correspondence between Connie Worthington, Prof. Elizabeth Taylor and Erica Florenz (research assistant), 2012 August 6 - 2013 February 21

Carley, Michael John, 1939-1967 Taylor, Elizabeth S. (Beth) Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Related Emails: Prof. Elizabeth Taylor and David E. Taylor discussing the identification of the Sikorsky helicopter YL-42 in which Michael Carley was flying when he was killed 1 11 3.0 pages 2014 October 8

Related Emails: Prof. Elizabeth Taylor and David E. Taylor discussing the identification of the Sikorsky helicopter YL-42 in which Michael Carley was flying when he was killed, 2014 October 8