Pacific Stars and Stripes information
For date 700411
Primary service involved, US Air Force
Phong Binh Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Bien Thuy AB
Description: The following is an edited version of an article titled "AF Hails Brave Airman."
Washington (S&S Vietnam Bureau) - Air Force Sgt. Isidro Arroyo Jr., 22, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., a weapons instructor at Bien Thuy, Vietnam, has been named 1969 winner of the Cheney Award, Gen. John D. Ryan announced. The award, one the top honors in the Air Force, has been presented annually since 1927 to an airman for "an act of valor, extreme fortitude or self-sacrifice in connection with aircraft." Ryan also said the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing of Holloman AFB, N.M., is the 1969 winner of the MacKay Trophy, an annual award for the most meritorious flight of the year. The 49th TFW was selected for its performance in a redeployment from Germany to New Mexico last year. Arroyo won his award as a result of actions during two helicopters missions in Southeast Asia last year. On both flights the helicopter in which the sergeant served as a gunner was shot down by hostile fire, the Air Force said. In both cases, although injured, he assisted more seriously injured crewmen to rescue helicopters.
Comments: SGT Arroyo, Isidro Jr.; ; ;
The source for this information was 7004pss.avn supplied by Les Hines 02/02/2000
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