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Life of a Door Gunner | Vietnam vet ‘Vic’ Smith | RAAF 9 Squadron
This was an interview with Victor 'Vic' Smith, a Vietnam veteran who served with the RAAF No. 9 Squadron as a huey door ...
Citadel graduate, killed saving his crew in Vietnam, honored with Medal of Honor
A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the nation’s highest military honor Friday. President Joe Biden awarded the Medal ...
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‘Flat-out, straight-up American hero’: 2 Vietnam soldiers who rescued fellow troops in combat receive Medal of Honor
The heavy enemy fire wounded Nelson but he continued his efforts to free the trapped door gunner. After freeing the soldier from the Huey, Nelson used his body as a shield to cover the door gunner ...
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Durham High grad awarded Medal of Honor for saving fellow soldiers’ lives in Vietnam
The day he died, June 5, 1966, Nelson was commanding a Huey helicopter on a “search ... Nelson climbed in to help the door gunner, who was still strapped in and unable to move.
Durham High grad awarded Medal of Honor for saving fellow soldiers’ lives in Vietnam
An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam in 1966 was one of seven servicemen awarded the Medal of Honor Friday in a ...
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Citadel graduate, killed saving his crew in Vietnam, honored with Medal of Honor
After managing to remove his injured crew chief from the damaged Huey, Nelson returned to the aircraft to free the door gunner, who was still strapped inside. That is when insurgents rained ...
Medals of Honor Awarded to 5 Soldiers from Korean War and 2 from Vietnam
In his opening remarks at the White House ceremony, Biden said the Medal of Honor recipients epitomized the American ideal that "all men are created equal." ...