This was an interview with Victor 'Vic' Smith, a Vietnam veteran who served with the RAAF No. 9 Squadron as a huey door gunner. Despite being a dangerous job, vets who served as door gunners have been ...

An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam in 1966 ... climbed in to help the door gunner, who was still strapped ...

28-year-old Captain Nelson served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam war under the 114th aviation ... The crew chief was pinned down in the cargo compartment and the door gunner was trapped in the ...

Hugh Nelson Jr., to go to Vietnam ... still trapped inside the Huey. After getting him out, Nelson climbed into the severely damaged helicopter to assist the door gunner, who was still strapped ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam ... damaged Huey, Nelson returned to the aircraft to free the door gunner ...

But David, who served in Vietnam, was the only man ... continued his efforts to free the trapped door gunner. After freeing the soldier from the Huey, Nelson used his body as a shield to cover ...

28-year-old Captain Nelson served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam war under the ... in the cargo compartment and the door gunner was trapped in the Huey. With his bare hands, Nelson ripped ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously ... crew chief from the damaged Huey, Nelson returned to the aircraft ...