WARTIME AWARD AIR METAL

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Subject: WARTIME AWARD   AIR METAL                                       

Unit: 4447;VII  CO

Parent  Organization: PS          

Box ID: BX001007

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                1, LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHILIP C. WILKERSON,               COMMANDER 4TH
                BATTALION, 1 ST AVIATION REGIMENT. ATTEST TO THE FOLLOWING ACTION. ON 27
                FEBRUARY 1991, DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
                TWO JAMES A. REID,                 FLEW AS A UH-60      PILOT-IN-COMMAND
                DURINGAMULTI-AIRCRAFrSLINGLOADMISSIONFOR4TH BATTAUON,ISTA\AATION
                REGIMENT. WHfl P ENROUTE WITH AN EXTERNAL 500 GALLON FUEL BUVET SUNG LOAD
                THE CREW ENCOUNTERED EXTREMELY POOR VISIBIUTY IN SMOKE AND FOG, WHICH
                MADE NAVIGATION DIFFICULT. AT ABOUT THE MIDPOINT ALONG THE ROUTE OF FUGHT
                THECREWFLEWPASTATRUCKTHATWASBURNING. SUDDENLYORDNANCEINSIDEIT
                BEGAN EXPLODING. THE CREW TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO AVOID THE DANGER.
                IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THEY SAW A GREEN FLARE, SIGNALING A CHEMICAL ATTACK,
                WHEREUPON THEY IMMEDIATELY DONNED CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE EOUIPMENT AND
                CONTINUED THE MISSION. THE PROFESSIONAUSM DEMONSTRATED BY CHIEF WARRANT
                OFFICER TWO REID IN MARGINAL WEATHER IN AN ACTIVE COMBAT ZONE, UNDER
                MAXIMUM OPERATIONAL CHEMICAL POSTURE CLEARLY EXEMPLIFIES AN
                UMOFTDINARYACT OF OOURAGE, FORTITUDEAND DEVOTIONTO DUTY.




                                                      PHIUP L WILKERSON JR.
                                                     LTCAV,COMMANDING

Document 10 f:/Week-27/BX001007/AWARD - REID - JAMES A-2/wartime award air metal:0719961126353
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-27
Box ID = BX001007
Unit = 4447;VII CO
Parent Organization = PS
Folder Title = AWARD - REID - JAMES A-2
Folder Seq # = 71
Subject = WARTIME AWARD AIR METAL
Document Seq # = 3
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 19-JUL-1996