US Army 283rd Dust Off Patch White Knights The wrench-turners who kept the

The wrench-turners who kept the Phantom flying — Phixers earned this patch on the flight line

facing some of the heaviest resistance on the island's eastern beaches

located in Meridian

that the Old Breed was born in blood

US Army 283rd Dust Off Patch White Knights The wrench-turners who kept theUS Army 283rd Dust Off Patch The 283rd Medical Detachment Vietnam Dust Off crews who answered the call in the worst conditions imaginable. The 283rd Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) conducted medevac operations during the Vietnam War alongside the 254th Medical Detachment. Flying UH 1 Hueys into hostile landing zones, the 283rd's Dust Off crews evacuated wounded soldiers under fire, often in conditions where no other aircraft would venture.