When I was 19, I joined the army and....

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Curious how many times you were awarded the Air Medal.

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Hours flying earned me flight wings, was a Spec. 4 at the time. If the Lotto pays off, I'll have a Huey UH-1 all my own... Lewies and Wobbleys got all the awards.
But really it was all about Flying in a Huey hours and hours day after day.

Wow.  Award of the AM was supposed to be automatic for those who flew in the helos.  My father was foot infantry but was awarded the AM with two oak leaf clusters just because of the time he was aloft.

But those flight wings had to be sweet.

My best helo memory was at Fort Carson.  We rode and the pilot flew nap of the earth.  Awesome!

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My MOS was 11D20 Armor. I left Camron Bay and flew into Frisco then to LA and a month later was in Fort Carson. Met up with about 6-7 of my buddies in Vietnam.  Remained in touch for some years, but time and strugles of life have taken us all to distant places unknown to each other.