Captain Tom Dwelle’s DFC-winning mission to save an Army convoy

Captain Thomas A. Dwelle had no interest in the Distinguished Flying Cross or any of the U.S. Air Force’s other air medals by the time he’d spent a few months flying the Douglas A-1E Skyraider in South Vietnam. “At least once a month, sometimes twice, we’d stand out on the ramp and some general officer would come through to pin medals on a guy.” “I thought, ‘Screw this.’ I’d rather be flying!” Stationed at Bien...