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| NAME: |
William
David Bradley |
| NICKNAME: |
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| RANK: |
Master
Sergeant |
| BRANCH: |
USA |
| STATUS: |
Retired |
| SERVICE: |
22 years |
| DOB: |
20 April
1939 |
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| SERVICE
INFORMATION |
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| HOURS
FLOWN: |
5000+ |
| COMBAT
HOURS: |
1500+ |
| FLT/NCO
CLASS: |
CL
7-74 |
| SCHOOL: |
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| MILITARY
SCHOOL: |
Aircraft
Maintenance Advance NCO Course |
| AVN
DESIGNATION: |
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| AIRCRAFT
INFORMATION |
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| Qualified
to work on: |
| AH-1S/G |
CH-34C |
UH-1D |
VH-1N |
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| COMBAT
EXPERIENCE |
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| Vietnam
Defense |
| Vietnam
Counter Offensive I, II, V, and VI |
| Tet
'69 Counter Offensive |
| Vietnam
Summer-Fall '69 |
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| UNIT
ASSIGNMENTS |
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| 1965 |
AVN
CO, 7th SF - Dominican Republic |
| 1965-1966 |
A/229th
AVN BN - An Khe RVN |
| 1968-1969 |
D/229th
AVN Bn - Dau Tieng RVN |
| 1971-1976 |
Presidential
FLT DET |
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| POSITIONS
HELD |
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| Crew
Engineer |
| Aircraft
Technical Inspector |
| Senior
Aircraft Technical Inspector |
| Aircraft
Quality Control Supervisor |
| Aircraft
Maintenance Senior Sergeant |
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| DECORATIONS |
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| Bronze
Star (2) |
| Air
Medal (15) |
| Army Commendation Medal (2) |
| Good
Conduct Medal (7) |
| Nat'l
Defense Service Medal |
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| SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS |
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| On
missions to reinforce the SF camp at Plei
Me, breaking the NVA siege by our support
of 2/7 CAV |
| Crew
chief/gunner on first lift (UH-1D #778)
inserting 1/7 CAV into LZ Xray and also
LZ Albany (11/14/65) |
| Crewed
CH-34 transport mission w/President JFK
on 21 May 62 in England |
| Crewed
2nd UH-1D to land at San Isidro during
communist takeover of Dominican Republic
in '65 |
| Served
as VH-1N QC Supervisor w/Executive FLT
DET during Nixon and Ford Administration |
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