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

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

The crash left the four-man crew unconscious in the helicopter ... his efforts to free the trapped door gunner. After freeing the soldier from the Huey, Nelson used his body as a shield to ...

Nelson was commanding an armed Huey helicopter for a search-and-destroy reconnaissance ... Nelson returned to the aircraft to free the door gunner, who was still strapped inside. That is when ...