Unlike the Skyraider and Huey, the OV-10 was not developed until 1966, when the Vietnam War was heating up. It was powered by ...

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...

When Capt. Hugh Nelson’s injured helicopter gunner lay trapped following a crash landing, Nelson made the conscious decision ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War ...

Well adapted for jungle warfare, the Huey could fly at low altitudes ... A favored support gun, the 105mm howitzer used in Vietnam had seen action in World War II. Modified to improve field ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously ... Nelson was commanding an armed Huey helicopter for a search ...

Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr., who served in the Vietnam War, was the commander of a Huey helicopter conducting a search-and-destroy reconnaissance mission in June 1966 when it was struck by a large ...