This 1970-era newspaper clipping documents the award of three Distinguished Flying Crosses to Capt. Donald L. Engebretsen, an A-1 Skyraider pilot flying combat rescue support missions from Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base. His actions, silencing enemy gun positions to enable the rescue of downed aircrew, defending a surrounded reconnaissance team, and supporting recovery of a downed Marine fighter crew, exemplify the perilous, low-altitude close air support flown by Skyraider "Sandy" pilots during the Vietnam War. Project: 219421