“”The PJ’s””
And for those who don’t know it was a PJ (William Pitsenbarger) who was awarded the MOH posthumously from the Vietnam war...took 34 years. He died in battle in 1966 and the MOH wasn’t awarded until 2000. Thankfully, his father was still alive to receive it at Wright Pat along with his stepmother. His mother had passed away some time before that. We never knew “Pits” but we became friends of his parents when we moved for a short time to OH. A most devastating loss; an only child.
Forgot to say that Pits was the first enlisted AF member to receive the Air Force Cross...
I’ve always had Chapman in my mind as being killed in the first story that was put out about a helicopter crash. I wasn’t aware that there was a correction later to that.
Really glad he will be honored with the MOH.