On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...
During the Vietnam War, helicopter crews had high casualties both killed and wounded, and the men who flew these missions were made of steel. They had to be, and as a result a few became some of the ...
More than 24,000 people have signed the Change.org petition requesting that the museum add Chapman’s story to approximately ...
Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...
Craig’s response was to signal his men back to the modest cover of the hill crest while he advanced, firing his carbine to ...
A special ceremony was held for a Vietnam War veteran, Commander Clyde Lassen, at Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial.
EXCLUSIVE: A new, bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost pensions for Medal of Honor recipients six-fold ... for their actions in the Korean and Vietnam wars. BIDEN TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR ...
Lassen is one of only 3,526 Medal of Honor recipients, and one of just three Navy pilots to receive the decoration during the Vietnam War. He is the 32nd Medal of Honor recipient with a plaque on ...
John nearly lost his life while serving in Vietnam when he was shot at by enemy fire. The bullet ricocheted off the top of ...
Friends and family, including 85 members of the Army West Point Swim Team, three Medal of Honor recipients and the ... Medal of Honor during his duty in Vietnam, Bucha was a shining example ...
(WOOD) — A Medal of Honor recipient from Southwest Michigan ... honored with the medal for the lives he saved during the Vietnam War. “As a combat medic, I held 18-, 19-, 20-year-old boys ...
When Joe Foss -- then the commissioner of the upstart AFL -- sent a letter to his NFL counterpart, Pete Rozelle, in December ...