Ep. 215 | Doug Petersen | Vietnam Dustoff Pilot & UH-60 Instructor

Doug Petersen was a dustoff pilot in the Vietnam War and was shot down two times during his tour. Doug earned the callsign DUSTOFF 34 after becoming an aircraft commander for the Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) and flew over 950 combat hours. Support the showhttps://www.jcramergraphics.co...https://www.anglicoshop.comhttps://www.patreon.com/former... Doug's TedTalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?... 00:00:00 Intro | Virginia Military Institute 00:06:59 From High School to Flight School 00:24:20 Training Helicopters to Hueys 00:28:04 Early Huey Models 00:32:41 Flight School to Vietnam 00:46:25 Dustoff's Impact 00:51:30 A Day in the Life of a Dustoff Pilot 01:01:38 First Time Getting Shot Down 01:13:25 Second Time Being Shot Down 01:19:45 Hanoi Hilton Stories 01:24:24 Leaving Vietnam