"Army Staff Sergeant Lawrence H. Allen is grateful for the visit of Marine helicopter pilot, Captain Steve Pless, at the Chu Lai hospital on August 21, 1967. Captain Pless and his crew saved Allen from the Viet Cong, and the gesture was acknowledged with gratitude."

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