From HuckFunn: Thank you for your service, Ltc. Kettles. 50 years was a long wait for a well-deserved Medal of Honor.
Via Daily Mail:
A Vietnam war helicopter pilot who braved enemy machine gun fire to rescue 40 stranded soldiers from a hot landing zone will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama after a change in the law.
Army Major Charles Kettles made several trips in his Bell UH-1 to rescue trapped and injured soldiers near the district of Duc Pho in May 1967.
According to his citation, Kettles flew his chopper into the hot landing zone without additional aerial support to rescue the soldiers over the course of several trips.