Not aviation related , but thought you might want to read this story from CBS News about a Medal of Honor recipent , Sgt Paul Smith US Army ! God Bless this young man and his family !
BlueNoser352!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/30/earlyshow/main683939.shtml
By: AVI - 10th April 2006 at 23:22
The Original Dustoff
It might be noted that COL Novosel is usually credited with being the original callsign “Dustoff” and that the generic “Dustoff” in reference to medivacs was/is in honour of his bravery.
By: mike currill - 10th April 2006 at 15:21
Brave men both. Amazing what those dust-off pilots went through. Not unique in that they flew highly dangerous missions as did WW2 pilots but the hours they put in without a break is praiseworthy in its own right. As was said earlier, just a shame they had to be there at all
By: Don Chan - 10th April 2006 at 14:46
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=453c34ec-99e1-4e0a-88df-0545613a32c6
Michael J. Novosel. 1922-2006.04.02.
CWO, US Army. Lieutenant Colonel, USAF.
Medal of Honour.
By: turbo_NZ - 31st March 2005 at 01:43
Wow, what a guy !!! Sad that he had to die in such a mindless conflict.
TNZ
By: Hatton - 31st March 2005 at 01:24
A very brave man indeed like many others over there. Shame he had to be there in the first place though.
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March 31, 2005 at 1:06 am