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MAJ. Nguyen Quy An and his daughter, Kim Ngoc, are greeted by COL. Robert D. Phillips, vice commander, 60th Airlift Wing, on arrival at Travis AFB. An, a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, risked his life by flying his CH-34 Sikorsky helicopter into the path of a UH-1H helicopter to force it to abort an unsafe landing on a field, sabotaged by the enemy, and then shepherded the crippled helicopter to a safe haven. The then South Vietnamese Air Force captain evacuated the four American soldiers from the sniper-filled jungle in Laos. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1994

MAJ. Nguyen Quy An and his daughter, Kim Ngoc, are greeted by COL. Rob...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Marv Lynchard Release Status: ... More