The helicopter provided unprecedented mobility. The average lapse between being wounded and reaching a hospital was less than one hour, and as a result, less than one percent of those wounded died of their wounds within the first 24 hours. MEDEVAC helicopters flew nearly 500,000 missions, airlifting 900,000 patients (nearly one-half were Americans). 75,000 Vietnam Veterans are severely disabled. Although the percent of dead is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300% higher than in World War II. As a result, 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.29 million who served. One out of every ten Americans who served in Vietnam became a casualty. Photo above from 7/15/66 shows the crash that killed two men from the Fulton/Montgomery County area of upstate New York just west of Albany, SGT Robert R.
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