Recipients

Kevin Gilroy

Captain Merlyn Dethlefsen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for this mission, was the pilot of Captain Gilroy’s F-105. Lieutenant Colonel James Brickel, pilot…
Bernard Bucher

In the evacuation of Kham Duc, members of the Air Force achieved a remarkable history of awards for valor. C-123 pilot Joe Jackson received the…
Richard Whitesides

Richard Whitesides graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1959. Captain Howard Cody, Pilot of a B-26 and his navigator, First…
Theodore Gamlin

Sergeant Gamlin was attached to the Korean Tiger Division during the action that earned him the Air Force Cross, and was subsequently awarded the Korean…
Eugene Clay

The Senior Pilot of Jolly Green 26 (66-13279) was Captain Gerald O. Young. Captain Ralph Browner (Co-Pilot), Staff Sergeant Eugene Clay (Flight Engineer), and Sergeant…
Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell served a brief tour as an enlisted airman in the Korean War, before receiving his wings and commission. He retired as an Air…
John Corder

During his tour of duty in Vietnam, John Corder flew 250 combat hours including 100 missions over North Vietnam. Earning the Air Force cross for…
Travis Scott

Major Travis Wofford who was with Captain Scott on the mission in which he earned the Air Force Cross and was killed, survived the helicopter…
Harry Schurr

In all, FIVE Air Force Crosses were awarded for heroism on this date , the first of many attacks on the Paul Doumer Bridge. The…
Norman Schmidt

Norman Schmidt served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and then as an Air Force Test Pilot at Kirtland…
Travis Wofford

The Pilot of Major Wofford’s HH-53 helicopter was Captain Travis H. Scott, Jr., who was killed in the crash and was Posthumously awarded the Air…
Harold Johnson

Major Harold Johnson was crewed with Major Leo K. Thorsness, Pilot, and they trained and flew all combat missions over North Vietnam together. Thorsness earned…