LTC E. D. French made his last flight on 21 June 2013. My father was a true war hero but also a hero in peace time. As far as my sisters and I are concerned, not just our father but all medevac pilots and crewmembers should be issued the Medal of Honor. Dad went to […]
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LTC Thomas Osborn filed his last flight plan on 10 June 2013. He was born at home in Owensburg, IN, on 28 Nov 1934, the seventh child of Verdie and Susie Strosnider Osborn. He attended the old Owensburg elementary school, graduated from Oolitic High School in 1952, and was valedictorian of his graduating class. His
Walt passed 3 June 2013. He flew over 600 hours in Vietnam, was awarded 20 Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross. He served in all four areas of military service in his lifetime. Army, Guard, Air Force and Navy. He had many friends through the Dustoff Association and spoke often of his friends and
David Lee Fenstermacher, beloved husband of Sandra Ross Fenstermacher, entered into rest May 21, 2013 at Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 24, at the Church of the Good Shepherd with the Very Rev. Robert D. Fain officiating. The family will receive friends following the service
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LTC Steven D. Vermillion completed a highly successful 26-year career as a Master Army Aviator, Armor/Air Cavalry Commander, and senior staff officer. In Vietnam, Steve flew l,450 combat missions, and evacuated more than 2,200 patients. He was a heroic and tenacious combat pilot, flying with fearlessness. but without reckless abandon. Each mission tested his decision-making
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LTC Ronald (HUEY) Huether spent all but one assignment in AMEDD aviation positions working to mentor junior aviators. He is a Master Aviator with 5,500 hours flight time, qualified in: UH-1, OH-58, T-42, U-21, C-12, and numerous civilian aircraft and holds an Airline Transport Pilot’s rating. After flight school he went to Vietnam earning the
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COL (Ret.) Bill Knowles passed away peacefully in his sleep on 10 Jan 13, in Portland, OR, where he had been visiting with his daughter Cindy and her husband Hollis. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marmion, who also died on 10 Jan, twelve years earlier. Bill was born 5 Feb 23,
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LTC William Arthur Willcox, US Army (Ret), passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the age of 83. For over 25 years, he proudly served his country in the US Army MSC as one of the first Helicopter Ambulance Pioneer, known as theSolopilot in Koreaand then as one of the first Dustoff pilots in
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William “Bill” Briot, resident of Tillamook, passed away at RiverBend Hospital in Springfield on December 12, 2012 at the age of 82. Bill was born in Portland on October 13, 1930 to William and Mabel (Steffen) Briot. Bill attended schools in Vernonia and Portland, and graduated from Franklin High School in 1948. He was graduated
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LTC (Ret) Joseph I. Martin Jr., of Enterprise, AL passed away Saturday, 8 Dec 12 at Medical Center Enterprise. He was 85. He was born 24 Feb 27 in Des Moines, IA to the late Major General Joseph I. Martin Sr and Margaret Shander Martin. He was graduated from West High School in Rockford, IL
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