NEW LENOX, Ill. (WGN) – A Vietnam UH-1 helicopter, known commonly as a Huey, has arrived to what will be her home nest in the southwest suburbs.
On Feb. 2, 1968, five American servicemen – four sergeants and a lieutenant colonel – went down in a chopper just like the one that just arrived in New Lenox. The helicopter carrying the servicemen went down 12 miles outside of Danang.
John Cap is the commander at American Legion Post 1977. His cousin, Sgt. Kenneth Patton, was one of the five servicemen on board the helicopter that went down in Danang…