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 ...

Few Americans born after the Tet Offensive know even the barest facts about the Vietnam War ... the former helicopter door-gunner who did more than anyone to expose that particular massacre ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War will ... to the aircraft to free the door gunner, who was still strapped ...

Hugh Nelson Jr., to go to Vietnam. “As a 5-year-old ... Nelson climbed into the severely damaged helicopter to assist the door gunner, who was still strapped inside and unable to move.

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