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Heroes of Vietnam's medical missions: Dustoff crews honored with Congressional Medal
The Congressional Gold Medal is America's highest civilian ... that perhaps best defines the roughly 3,400 Dustoff crewmembers who served in Vietnam. "After we were picked up and were taken ...
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Local Hero Receives Team Congressional Medal
DUSTOFF Association proudly announced the historic passage of the Vietnam DUSTOFF Crews Congressional Gold Medal Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, recognizing the heroic Army helicopter ...
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Biden signs bill honoring Vietnam hero Cmdr. Alvarez with Congressional Gold Medal
Everett Alvarez Jr., the Congressional Gold Medal.Alvarez, a Salinas native, was a Vietnam War veteran who was the first U.S. pilot to be shot down and captured during the war.He also held the ...
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Vietnam War POW Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr. awarded Congressional Gold Medal
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Bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Salinas native signed by President Joe Biden
MONTEREY – The Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act, authored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta to honor the Salinas native and Vietnam War veteran, was recently signed into law by President ...
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Perry Dahl, Who Downed Nine Planes During World War II, Dies at 101
His courage in battle brought him the Congressional Gold Medal, the Silver Star ... at an air support squadron during a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was vice commandant of cadets at the Air ...