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/Carpenter- Vi*•Aids InjuredArmy OfficerSAIGON, South Vietnam (AP)— Capt. William C. Carpenter, West Point’s “lonesome end’* football star, did it again this week.The paratrooper from Monroe, N.Y., carried an injured Army officer from a damaged transport plane after it made an emergency landing at Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base, the U.S..} ; Air Force reported today.; Carpenter last June won his i second Silver Star and a Medal : of Honor nomination when he i ; called air strikes down on his ■ j company to prevent it fromff i being overrun by a larger one-f. ft : m-V force.|lt;rra, ’ S Carpenter, 29. and 33 otheri men were aboard an Air Force | Cl30 Hercules Wednesday when its main landing gear was damaged in a landing attempt.WThe pilot. Maj. Donald W.jCorrick Jr. (no hometown avail-! able), pulled the transport back J into the air and flew to Tan Son ume for. hut, where he called for a run-for in- way 10 be spread •*,ith foam. He sive de- passengers to get out asnal edu- fas( as they could, p of the Carpenter noticed an Armyuch spe- major, who was not identified, ;es may pad injured an ankle in the first r place-; attempt to land. When the C130 ; stopped. Carpenter grabbed the ilesman, injured man and carried him lis could 0ffhould be jbe transport didn’t catchfire, and shortly after all the 30, and: men except the injured officer on capa-, boarded another nlane and took Id be in ; 0ff for their original destination.■ Carpenter won his first Silver » advan- star as an adviser to a Victim in the namese paratroop brigade for lave spe- destroying a Viet Cong position ’ause of with a hand grenade in Decern-irk any- her, 1964. although a bullet hadsmashed into his right arm. He unctional volunteered for a second tour in m detail-; Vietnam so he could command ESUME. an American paratroop compa-it starts ny.decrip-
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The Hays Daily News
Hays, Kansas, US
Fri, Feb 03, 1967
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