Bio
- Name: Hugh Mills
- Age: 73yrs
- Service Period: Vietnam
- Branch: US Army
- Introduction:
"If I had to look back on my career at the thing I am most pleased with, or proud of...it's not the Hall of Fame, and it's not the awards, it's the command of the "Outcasts" in combat. Twice."
– Hugh Mills
For those who have served in combat, there's an old saying: "it's about the man next to you". If that were not true, how else would you explain the above quote from a man who was shot down 16 times over three tours in Vietnam, inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame, and has his final combat helicopter hanging from the ceiling of that same museum? A man who could claim remarkable feats of service, yet point to camaraderie as the high point of that service? Relationships forged in the inherently dangerous job of wartime conflict, particularly a type of flying where you are the "bait", must be the strongest of all. Here is a remarkable story of service to the Nation...
This is: "Mills, a service story".