USAF 38th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron / Jolly Green Patch
Presumably, this patch belongs to the Detachment 9 stationed in Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand on 16 February 1970. Made in Thailand. Circa 1968/73'
The 38th Air Rescue Squadron was activated on 30 June 1965 at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, and organized the next day to control detachments operating from bases in Vietnam and Thailand. Detachment 9 was relocated from Pleiku AB to Nakhon Phanom RTAFB on 16 February 1970.
William H. Pitsenbarger was assigned to Detachment 6, 38th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. Flying on almost 300 rescue missions in Vietnam, Bill Pitsenbarger risked his life almost daily during the war rescuing downed soldiers and fliers. On April 11, 1966, the 21-year-old, known as "Pits" to his friends, was killed while defending some of his wounded comrades. For his bravery and sacrifice, he was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decorations, the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross, becoming the first enlisted airman to receive the medals posthumously.
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