http://www.historynet.com/casualty-evacuation-helicopters-re-evaluating-the-role-of-the-dustoff-in-the-vietnam-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:14:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/casualty-evacuation-helicopters-re-evaluating-the-role-of-the-dustoff-in-the-vietnam-war.htm/comment-page-1#comment-63731 Jay W Shelly Fri, 22 May 2009 21:10:24 +0000 #comment-63731 I read the article reevauating dustoff in veitnam. There was one comment about aA crew not responding to a call because it was to dangerous in the year I was with the 571st Med Det Dustoff. We never turned down a mission no matter what the conditions were. We low leveled in bad weather did every thing we could to save lifes. WE ARE REALLY THE FORGOTTEN FEW. Only 140 Helicopters were involved in Dustoff. And over 300 crewmembers were killed. The amount of wounded has never been tallied. The mortality rate for dustoff crew was 30% higher than any units in Vietnam So don't ever think these men didn't Pay the price for saving life. NO COMPROMISE NO RATIONALIZATION NO HESITATION FLY THE MISSION TO SAVE A LIFE I read the article reevauating dustoff in veitnam. There was one comment about aA crew not responding to a call because it was to dangerous in the year I was with the 571st Med Det Dustoff. We never turned down a mission no matter what the conditions were. We low leveled in bad weather did every thing we could to save lifes. WE ARE REALLY THE FORGOTTEN FEW. Only 140 Helicopters were involved in Dustoff. And over 300 crewmembers were killed. The amount of wounded has never been tallied. The mortality rate for dustoff crew was 30% higher than any units in Vietnam So don’t ever think these men didn’t Pay the price for saving life.
NO COMPROMISE
NO RATIONALIZATION
NO HESITATION
FLY THE MISSION
TO SAVE A LIFE

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