Men, and machines that in the Vietnam War, pioneered an entirely new and swift way to evacuate the wounded directly from the ...

On Sept. 26, 2024, the Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act became law. President Joe Biden signed ...

On September 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed legislation awarding Dustoff crew members the highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, for their “extraordinary heroism and lifesaving ...

The medal was proposed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in late 2023. President Joe Biden signed the bill, “Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act,” into law on Sept.

who pushed hardest for the gold medal. He mounted a decade-long battle to convince Congress to bestow it, asking Cornyn to get his office to write the bill. No other units from the Vietnam War had ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing for swift passage of legislation to award the Congressional ... of captivity during the Vietnam War. The Everett Alvarez Jr. Gold Medal Act, with 301 co ...

Gov. Newsom has begun the process to grant a posthumous pardon to Richard “Butch” Penry, a Petaluma resident who won the ...

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 ...

Efforts to award Congress ... Gold Medal to retired Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr., who spent eight and a half years in captivity after being shot down during a bombing mission during the Vietnam ...

A distant whirling noise that kept getting louder was the sound of desperately needed help arriving in the raging chaos of ...

The Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act recognizes Army medical evacuation helicopter crew members — pilots, crew chiefs and medics — “who served honorably during the Vietnam ...