Pacific Stars and Stripes information
for 38 ARRS DET 11
For date 680405
38 ARRS DET 11 was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
Phu Yen Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Tuy Hoa
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "Quick Rescue Saves Airman."
Tuy Hoa (OI) - Quick thinking by S.Sgt. William M. Bohannon Jr., 24, Rincon, Ga., an Air Force air traffic controller at Tuy Hoa Air Base, saved an airman who suffered an electrical shock, while working on airfield lighting. Bohannon, a member of the 1884th Comm. Sq., was on duty in the control tower when he overheard a radio request for an ambulance from a fire truck on the flight line. Taking control of the situation, he radioed the pilot of an Air Force rescue helicopter on a training flight near the scene. Directing the pilot to the scene, Bohannon instructed the crew to pick up the injured man and fly him to the base dispensary. While the helicopter, a HH-43 Huskie from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recover Sq., was picking up the man, Bohannon alerted the dispensary. He also routed all air traffic out of the helicopter's path. The injured airman was taken to the hospital in minimum time and is now recovering. Hospital officials credit Bohannon with saving the man's life.
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