History: Arlington Boy Aids in Airman's Rescue
Arlington Boy Aids in Airman's Rescue
From the July 5, 1968, issue of the Kiowa County Press.
The following story appeared in a Service newspaper, and is of interest to local readers as it pertains to the role played by an Arlington service man in the rescue of an airman in Vietnam.
CAMP EVANS - An unknown Marine A-4 pilot, now back in his cockpit after a near fatal mid-air collision, probably feels that 1st Air Cavalry Division helicopter pilots have an uncanny sixth sense - they rescued him almost before his parachute hit the ground.