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 ...
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 ...
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, ...