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21st Apr 2013, 10:11

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Samuel

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I'm not sure of the timing, but Flt Lt Punch Patterson RNZAF won a DFC in Vietnam for bringing an Aussie Iroquois of 9 Sqn back badly damaged. The way he told it "he didn't want to walk home".There were other RNZAF pilots who won American Awards.

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