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Air Force medical history of POWs; Operation Homecoming

When the aircraft left the ground, the Prisoners of War knew they really were free and on their way to the U.S. Air Force Base Hospital at Clark Air Base. (Courtesy photo)

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AFMS looks at role in National Vietnam War Veterans Day

U.S. Air Force medical personnel on detached duty from Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, move a Marine casualty from the aid station at embattled Ke Sanh to a waiting C-130 Hercules. (Courtesy photo)

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AFMS looks at role in National Vietnam War Veterans Day

A medic tends a patient in an ambulance en route to the 377th U.S. Air Forces Dispensary at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The patient was flown in by helicopter from a field medical unit. (Courtesy photo)

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AFMS looks at role in National Vietnam War Veterans Day

A flight medical technician prepares a litter for a wounded marine during a flight to Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. The wounded marines were evacuated by Air Force CH-3G helicopters from a nearby battle area. (Courtesy photo)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

Jess Johnson, Steve Vineyard and Michael Kuklenski gather in May at the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Dallas. All three men were wounded while serving as either a corpsman or a medic in Vietnam, a war in which one of every 13 Medals of Honor awarded went to a corpsman or medic. (Photo by Shelly Gammieri Photography)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

Army medic Jess Johnson of A Co., 1st Bn., 501st Inf., 101st Abn. Div., cradles an M60 machine gun in 1971 in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley. A recipient of the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, Johnson says providing a wounded soldier hope that he or she will survive can be as important as tending the injury. (Photo by Jess Johnson)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

Navy corpsman Steve Vineyard displays the Purple Heart and Navy Commendation Medal he earned on July 30, 1969, while serving with the Marine 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in Quang Nam province. To train for his job in the war zone, Vineyard attended 16 weeks of Hospital Corps School, twice the time Army medics were provided. (Photo by Steve Vineyard)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

Army medic and article author Jerry Chandler of D Co., 2nd Bn., 501st Inf., 101st Abn. Div., prepares to move to his next base camp in late June or early July 1970 while at Camp Evans near Phu Bai. Chandler was later wounded on Hill 805 near Fire Base Ripcord, an incident in which some 70 percent of his unit was either wounded or killed. (Photo by Jerry Chandler)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Kuklenski receives a Silver Star in April 1970 at the Albany, Ga., Naval Air Station, for his actions during a May 29, 1969, firefight in Quang Nam province while serving with Alpha Co., 1st Bn., 7th Marines. Kuklenski, who was wounded three times in the engagement, “fearlessly crawled across the fire-swept terrain to reach wounded Marines and administer first aid.” He “continued to provide medical care to the other casualties” before accepting treatment for himself, according to his Silver Star citation. (Photo by Michael Kuklenski)

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Their brothers' keepers: Medics & corpsmen in Vietnam

This rectangular canvas rucksack contains large internal space for storing various assorted medical equipment. It has several inner pockets and ties to keep an M5 aid bag secure. The M5 bag contained all the medical supplies a platoon would need. (Photo courtesy of Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage, U.S. Army Medical Command)

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"A Real Good Kid"

Army medic Thomas Cole writes a letter home while recovering from a head wound at the Third Field Hospital in Saigon on Feb. 19, 1966. Cole made national headlines when a photo of him appeared on the cover of Life magazine. That photo is on the cover of this month’s VFW. (Photo by Henri Huet/AP)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

A hovering 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-53 helicopter lowers a U.S. Air Force pararescueman during a rescue mission in Southeast Asia, June 1970. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

The C-9A Nightingale, the first plane designed for aeromedical evacuation, became part of the Air Force inventory in August 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

An HH-53 Huskie, a specialized helicopter designed for search and rescue, of the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron as seen from the gunner's position, in Vietnam, October 1972. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Hackman)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

Pararescuemen do a "fast rope" from a hovering HH-53, used extensively during the Vietnam War for rescue of combat personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Nolan)

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