This was an interview with Victor 'Vic' Smith, a Vietnam veteran who served with the RAAF No. 9 Squadron as a huey door gunner. Despite being a dangerous job, vets who served as door gunners have ...

When Capt. Hugh Nelson’s injured helicopter gunner lay trapped following a crash landing, Nelson made the conscious decision ...

The day he died, June 5, 1966, Nelson was commanding a Huey helicopter on a “search ... Nelson climbed in to help the door gunner, who was still strapped in and unable to move.

After managing to remove his injured crew chief from the damaged Huey, Nelson returned to the aircraft to free the door gunner, who was still strapped inside. That is when insurgents rained gunfire ...

After managing to remove his injured crew chief from the damaged Huey, Nelson returned to the aircraft to free the door gunner, who was still strapped inside. That is when insurgents rained ...

The heavy enemy fire wounded Nelson but he continued his efforts to free the trapped door gunner. After freeing the soldier from the Huey, Nelson used his body as a shield to cover the door gunner ...