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🛡️ Heroism in the Skies: Airman Levitow's Legacy 🛡️ On February 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class John L. Levitow made history aboard the AC-47 “Spooky” Gunship near Long Binh, Vietnam. Despite being wounded by enemy fire, he threw himself on a burning magnesium flare, dragged it to the cargo door and tossed it out to save the entire crew. For exemplifying service before self with extraordinary bravery, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. #MedalOfHonor #VietnamWar #MilitaryHistory #USAF | Hurlburt Fie
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🛡️ Heroism in the Skies: Airman Levitow's Legacy 🛡️ On February 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class John L. Levitow made history aboard the AC-47 “Spooky” Gunship near Long Binh, Vietnam. Despite being wounded by enemy fire, he threw himself on a burning magnesium flare, dragged it to the cargo door and tossed it out to save the entire crew. For exemplifying service before self with extraordinary bravery, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. #MedalOfHonor #VietnamWar #MilitaryHistory #USAF | Hurlburt Fie
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February 24, 1969. Enemy fire shredded Airman John Levitow's body. A burning flare—capable of incinerating the aircraft—rolled across the floor. Bleeding from forty wounds, unable to stand, he crawled. Grabbed the flare with bare hands. Threw it out seconds before detonation. Everyone lived. His body never healed. His name quietly faded. Heroism isn't free. | The Secret of Soul
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February 24, 1969. Enemy fire shredded Airman John Levitow's body. A burning flare—capable of incinerating the aircraft—rolled across the floor. Bleeding from forty wounds, unable to stand, he crawled. Grabbed the flare with bare hands. Threw it out seconds before detonation. Everyone lived. His body never healed. His name quietly faded. Heroism isn't free. | The Secret of Soul
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On a combat mission over Vietnam, Sgt John Levitow’s AC-47 gunship was rocked by a mortar explosion, ripping a hole through the aircraft and wounding the entire crew. Amid the chaos, a live flare rolled loose, threatening to ignite inside the aircraft. Despite suffering over 40 shrapnel wounds and losing feeling in his leg, Levitow ignored his pain, threw himself onto the burning flare, and crawled to the open cargo door, hurling it out just in time. His courage saved the plane and everyone aboa
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Take a little walk through the AC-47 "Spooky", owned by the American Flight Museum, Inc. in Topeka, Kansas. This aircraft is restored as John Levitow's Medal of Honor Douglas AC-47 gunship. Sgt John L. Levitow (then Airmen 1st Class) was an AC-47 loadmaster under the 3D Special Operations Squadron who won the Medal of Honor on a February 24, 1969 night mission in support of Long Binh Army Post in Vietnam. #OSH24 #24LT #DDaySquadron #DDay80 #BerlinAirlift75 #avgeek EAA - The Spirit of Aviation EA
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On this day in 1969, Airman First Class John L. Levitow becomes the lowest ranking member of the Air Force to earn a Medal of Honor. | We Are The Mighty
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