Why does it take an American agency to recognise chopper heroics, and hand out awards to Australians?? Is it because they act decidely faster than the Australian authorities?
O.K., I got it, now... the Australian authorities will wait until the blokes and the event are nearly forgotten... then belatedly hand out the awards... just like they took 37 yrs to proffer all of our earned 'Nam medals... and how they've just decided to hand out posthumous awards to the WW2 blokes who escaped from the Japs, but who were either shot, doing so... or caught, and brutally executed...
WWII diggers to receive gallantry awards | Herald Sun
International award for Queensland flood saviours | The Daily Telegraph