Nelson made the conscious decision to sacrifice his life for his gunner. During a battle June 5, 1966, in the middle of the Vietnam War, Nelson commanded a UH-1N Huey helicopter flying near Moc ...

Buchanan served a year in Vietnam as a helicopter machine gunner. He described his rough experiences during the war and said he had to have 28 stitches in his eye. He said he felt like this week's ...

An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam in 1966 ... climbed in to help the door gunner, who was still strapped ...