- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Justin Craig Honaman
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph; Hilliard, Tony
Honaman, Justin Craig, 1943- - Date of Original:
- 2011-01-26
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
M1 carbine
Segregation--United States
Tet Offensive, 1968
Prisoners of war--Vietnam
Prisoners of war--United States
UH-1 (Helicopter)
Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal)
Holleder, Donald W., 1934-1967
United States. Army. Medical Detachment, 57th
Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association
United States. Army. Medical Service Corps
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25th
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Baptist Hospital (Pensacola, Fla.)
North Carolina State University
Cholon District, Saigon
medevac
air ambulance
DUSTOFF
DUSTOFF Association
Huey
Iron Triangle
Bolo Woods
Michelin Rubber Plantation
triple canopy
Special Forces
hoist missions
United States Navy Riverine Forces
Donut Dollies - Location:
- Cambodia, Mekong River Delta
United States, Alabama, Dale County, Fort Rucker, 31.34282, -85.71538
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, New Jersey, Glen Ridge, 40.805378, -74.2037566
United States, North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fort Bragg, 35.139, -79.00603
United States, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, 29.46235365, -98.4320524252692
Vietnam, Bình Dương, Dâu Tiêng, 11.2827409, 106.3684823
Vietnam, Ð?ng Nai, Long Bình, 10.9431631, 106.8792045
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, 10.7758439, 106.7017555
Vietnam, Mekong River Delta - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Craig Honaman recalls his experiences serving as a DUSTOFF pilot during the Vietnam War. He remembers his upbringing, education, and enrollment in an ROTC program at North Carolina State University. The Army was looking for volunteers to fly and when Honaman agreed, the Army paid for him to obtain his private pilot's license. He requested the Medical Service Corps and was assigned to the 57th Medical Detachment, flying Huey helicopters to evacuate wounded soldiers from battle zones to field hospitals. He describes the day to day operations of his crew; how the call sign "DUSTOFF" came to be; how the Huey helicopter was originally designed for medical evacuations; and the excellent medical care that soldiers would receive while in the air. After the war, he attended graduate school at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and worked for Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, where he pioneered the use of helicopters in civilian hospitals.
Craig Honaman served as an air ambulance pilot in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/328
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:12:35
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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