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With plexiglass fragments from his helicopter's
windshield buried in his hand, calf
and thigh, Michael J. Novosel, pilot for the 82nd Medical Detachment, steadied
the 'copter as another soldier pulled a wounded soldier to safety. Met
by intense
groundfire, Novosel still managed to save 29 soldiers by going back into
enemy
fire again and again. For this, he was an Army Medal of Honor recipient
in the
Vietnam War.
This print is a fine tribute to Army aviators, their crews and the gunships
that
protected them. It is countersigned by both Novosel and his son Mike, Jr.
They
were the only father and son team to fly in the same unit--and each had the
task
of rescuing each other and flying more than 8,800 wounded to safety or
emergency medical treatment.
© Greenwich Workshop
