USAF 37th ARRS / Jolly Green Patch

USAF 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron / Jolly Green Patch

This is a REALLY hard to find patch and one of the true firsts Jolly Green patches in history. Handmade in Vietnam. Circa 1967/72'

A Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant (66-13290) of the 37th ARRS, hovering in ground effect at Da Nang, AB 968. (U.S. Air Force)

Airman 2nd Class Duane D. Hackney was also a member of the 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron, rescued the pilot of a downed aircraft and earned the Air Force Cross. He was the first living recipient of the Air Force Cross. With more than 70 individual medals, Pararescueman Chief Master Sergeant Hackney was the most highly decorated enlisted man in the United States Air Force history.

General Howell M. Estes, Jr., presents the Air Force Cross to Senior Airman Duane D. Hackney, 9 September 1967. (U.S. Air Force)

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