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, crew chiefs and medics who “served honorably during the Vietnam War aboard helicopter air ambulances.”
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (TX) and retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, a Medal of Honor recipient and former Vietnam Dustoff pilot, attended a ceremony hosted by U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at the Army Medical Department Museum that paid tribute to the intrepid flight crews of the Vietnam War medevac helicopters.
During his introductory remarks, Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray, MEDCoE Commanding General, talked about how many
modern lifesaving medical advancements were a direct result of what the Vietnam Dustoff crews accomplished, saving more than 900,000 lives throughout their service during the war.
MEDCoE hosts ceremony, recognizes passing of "Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act"
- by: Erin Perez
- 2024-10-29
- Source:
www.army.mil
- 11/20/2024
Medevac crew “Dustoff” veterans from the Vietnam War Daryl Duke, Robert Allen, Steven Woelk, and Randy Millican by Elizabeth Fraser is licensed under flickr U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fra
