Vietnam War ‘Dustoff’ helicopter crews to receive Congressional …
Sep 20, 2024 · The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act won final approval this week. It honors the estimated 3,000 pilots, medics, and crew who flew between combat zones and field...
Heroes of Vietnam's medical missions: Dustoff crews honored ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Dustoff crews became the invaluable link between life and death for our troops, civilians, and even at times the enemy. Petersen's call sign was Dustoff 34. One mission, among his 1,000 combat ...
Congressional Gold Medal for Vietnam Army Air Ambulance Crews – DUSTOFF
Sep 17, 2024 · The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highest civilian honors awarded by the U.S. Congress, and this recognition of the DUSTOFF Crews, the first from Vietnam, is a fitting tribute to their unparalleled heroism.
'No Hesitation': Vietnam's Lifesaving 'Dustoff' Medevac Crews to …
Sep 23, 2024 · Of the approximately 3,400 Dustoff crew members who served during the Vietnam War, 211 were killed in action and 925 were wounded, retired Lt. Col. Chris Seidor, 77, of Barkhamsted, Connecticut,...
Vietnam’s heroic ‘Dustoff’ crews to receive Congressional Gold …
Oct 21, 2024 · The ultimate successor to Larrey’s flying ambulance was the magnificent UH-1 “Huey” and “Dustoff,” designed, developed and saved by Kelly, who is rightly considered the father of modern combat evacuation and gave his life to save this incredible resource.
Vietnam War era dustoff crews honored with Congressional Gold …
2 days ago · Dustoff: The nickname given to pilots and crew members on medical helicopters. Men, and machines that in the Vietnam War, pioneered an entirely new and swift way to evacuate the wounded ...
Vietnam veteran talks about days on Dustoff Crew transporting …
2 days ago · Blade said they flew three more missions that day, hauling seven US wounded and three Vietnamese. "In late 1966 early 1967 the 498 th covered quite a chunk of Vietnam. In the next months and years ...
MEDCoE hosts ceremony, recognizes passing of "Dustoff Crews of …
Oct 29, 2024 · JBSA-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS—On Sept. 26, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the “Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act” into law. This gold medal recognizes the pilots,...
Vietnam Dustoff Crews to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Sep 25, 2024 · Over the past nine years, Siedor — a Dustoff pilot who evacuated 719 casualties and flew 530 combat hours during his year in Vietnam assigned to the 57th Medical Detachment — has sent over 2,600 emails to members of Congress and visited lawmakers on Capitol Hill nearly a dozen times to urge them to support the bill.
Vietnam ‘Dustoff’ crews saluted in ceremony at Fort Sam Houston
Oct 29, 2024 · This week, the pilots who flew medical evacuation helicopters in Vietnam, known to troops everywhere as Dustoffs, gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to celebrate approval of the...