Nearly 50 years on, those helicopter pilots and medics were awarded with the Congressional Gold Medal this week. Janet ...
The Congressional Gold Medal is America's highest civilian honor. To honor every Dustoff crew member, the U.S. Mint will strike just one gold medallion, which will be displayed at Fort Sam Houston in ...
On Sept. 26, 2024, the Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act became law. President Joe Biden signed ...
An Ashland resident who was a combat medic and did two tours in Vietnam as a Dustoff Medic, received a Congressional Gold ...
On September 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed legislation awarding Dustoff crew members the highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, for their “extraordinary heroism and lifesaving ...
A distant whirling noise that kept getting louder was the sound of desperately needed help arriving in the raging chaos of ...
War is hell, it’s often said, and soldiers who get hurt or killed in action are rightly honored for their courage and ...
Vietnam War Dustoff crews earned their reputation through blood and sweat, paving the way for the modern military's medical evacs.
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Henry Brady, 88, of New Braunfels, won the Congressional Medal of Honor for 'extraordinary courage' as a medevac pilot.
Dustoff: The nickname given to pilots and crew members on medical helicopters. Men, and machines that in the Vietnam War, ...
SAN ANTONIO - A recognition ceremony was held on Monday to celebrate a new law awarding "Dustoff Crews" with a Congressional ...
The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act recognizes Army medical evacuation helicopter crew members — pilots, crew chiefs and medics — “who served honorably during the Vietnam ...