Rest In Peace. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/u...-for-bold-vietnam-rescue-dies-at-87.html?_r=1
Col. Bernard F. Fisher, who received the first Medal of Honor awarded to an aviator during the Vietnam War for a daring rescue of another pilot in the face of enemy fire on an airstrip, died on Aug. 16 in Boise, Idaho. He was 87.
His son Bradford confirmed the death.
Colonel Fisher held the rank of major on March 10, 1966, when, despite the warnings of fellow pilots and radio controllers, he landed on an embattled airstrip where another flier had crashed, taxied under heavy fire to find him, and got his comrade and himself out alive.
BALLAD OF HOBO 51
(Tune: Wabash Cannon Ball)
Well, Hello, A SHAU Tower, this is HOBO 51
I’d like to use your runway although it’s overrun
A friend of mine is down there, he’s hiding in a ditch
I’d like to make a passenger stop and save that sonovabitch.
CHORUS:
Well listen to the small arms, hear the 20 mike mike roar
Those A-1 E’s are bouncing off the A SHAU valley floor
With a mighty roar of vengeance hear the lonesome HOBO call
We’ll get you home to mother when the work’s all done this fall
Well he scrambled out of QUI NHON to try to save that camp
They got him in their gunsights and now his shorts are damp
The engine was on fire, it gave a final wheeze
He’s hiding in the bushes now, altimeter setting, please.
CHORUS
Now the VC are descending upon his hiding place
Well have him meet the aircraft, I’m turning on my base
I see him over yonder, he’s running awfully fast
With the VC right behind him with a rifle up his ass
CHORUS
Now our wingman sees a VC, oh, strafe him if you can
You’ll have to get him quickly to save that dear old man
I’ve got him in the cockpit, he’s standing on his head
You better let us take off or soon we’ll both be dead
CHORUS
Now the take off it was frightful, they shot him full of holes
It looks just like a sieve, but still that A-1 rolls
Johnny looks at Bernie, and Bernie breathes a sigh
Goodbye dear old A SHAU, Lord, I thought we’d die
CHORUS
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/u...-for-bold-vietnam-rescue-dies-at-87.html?_r=1
Col. Bernard F. Fisher, who received the first Medal of Honor awarded to an aviator during the Vietnam War for a daring rescue of another pilot in the face of enemy fire on an airstrip, died on Aug. 16 in Boise, Idaho. He was 87.
His son Bradford confirmed the death.
Colonel Fisher held the rank of major on March 10, 1966, when, despite the warnings of fellow pilots and radio controllers, he landed on an embattled airstrip where another flier had crashed, taxied under heavy fire to find him, and got his comrade and himself out alive.
BALLAD OF HOBO 51
(Tune: Wabash Cannon Ball)
Well, Hello, A SHAU Tower, this is HOBO 51
I’d like to use your runway although it’s overrun
A friend of mine is down there, he’s hiding in a ditch
I’d like to make a passenger stop and save that sonovabitch.
CHORUS:
Well listen to the small arms, hear the 20 mike mike roar
Those A-1 E’s are bouncing off the A SHAU valley floor
With a mighty roar of vengeance hear the lonesome HOBO call
We’ll get you home to mother when the work’s all done this fall
Well he scrambled out of QUI NHON to try to save that camp
They got him in their gunsights and now his shorts are damp
The engine was on fire, it gave a final wheeze
He’s hiding in the bushes now, altimeter setting, please.
CHORUS
Now the VC are descending upon his hiding place
Well have him meet the aircraft, I’m turning on my base
I see him over yonder, he’s running awfully fast
With the VC right behind him with a rifle up his ass
CHORUS
Now our wingman sees a VC, oh, strafe him if you can
You’ll have to get him quickly to save that dear old man
I’ve got him in the cockpit, he’s standing on his head
You better let us take off or soon we’ll both be dead
CHORUS
Now the take off it was frightful, they shot him full of holes
It looks just like a sieve, but still that A-1 rolls
Johnny looks at Bernie, and Bernie breathes a sigh
Goodbye dear old A SHAU, Lord, I thought we’d die
CHORUS
Wow!
