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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nRobert Frank wrote awards for his helicopter crewmembers in 1972, but the paperwork was lost in the shuffle that year. The Army Huey crew, Robert Monette, Robert Frank, Spc. John Deslouriers and Spc. Leonard “Bruce” Shearer, had rescued the 7-member crew of an Air Force C-130 aircraft which had been shot down near Saigon. Their commander, retired Major Jack Shields resurrected the paperwork and the crew reunited in Arkansas for an award ceremony, according to Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n The “Huey” crew saw the C-130 Hercules plane crash when they were on a research mission in Saigon, Vietnam, 45 years ago. <\/p>\n \u201cThey never made a Mayday call. By all accounts, no one knew they had been shot down,\u201d Monette recalled to Stars and Stripes. <\/p>\n They thought there wouldn’t be any survivors, but flew closer and spotted people moving among the burning wreckage, Frank said. They initiated a rescue mission despite being low on fuel. <\/p>\n Deslouriers, the gunner, fended off the North Vietnamese Communist forces as the rest of the team pulled five airmen from the wreckage. Frank called a second helicopter to rescue two more people. No one was killed that day. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n