We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting CH-46 helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (MMH 263) out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He arrived ...

In the jungles of Vietnam, every second counted ... But how did this unusual helicopter become one of the war’s unsung heroes? Watch as we uncover its incredible role in combat rescues!

We’ve been following Karl Porisch, who graduated from Mankato State in 1968 and completed Marine Corps officer and helicopter flight training. The Marines assigned Karl to Okinawa, while his spouse ...

Petersen, you'll be going to the Dustoff unit," Petersen said ... and crew members on medical helicopters. The men and the machines that in the Vietnam War, pioneered an entirely new and swift ...