AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  UH-1H

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Warrant Officer Miller for heroism while participating in aerial flight evidenced by voluntary actions above and beyond the call of duty on 8 November 1967: Warrant Officer Miller distinguished himself while performing as an aircraft commander of a UH-1H helicopter in support of a Special Forces team located west of Dak To, Republic of Vietnam. While placing fire on a North Vietnamese Army position, the lead aircraft of a supporting fire team was shot down. Upon learning the position of the downed aircraft, Warrant Officer Miller immediately flew to the area. He was advised that the downed crew was receiving heavy fire and that the ridge overlooking the crash site was held by well armed and determined North Vietnamese soldiers. Disregarding the danger, Warrant Officer Miller brought his aircraft to a hover over the site of the downed aircraft; and while under intense fire from the enemy, he lowered the McGuire rescue sling to the crash site below. Warrant Officer Miller ignored enemy fire for more than five minutes while the injured crew members secured themselves to the rescue sling. He then made a slow vertical ascent under fire and safely lifted the injured personnel from the crash site and flew them to a safe landing area for transfer inside his aircraft for medical evacuation to Pleiku Hospital. Warrant Officer Miller's actions were in keeping with the highest tradition of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.