Honor in the Air Screening

Join Producer Pamela Fullerton, Director Susan Reetz and the T.B. Scott Free Library for a special showing of Honor In the Air. Doors open at 4:00, and the screening begins at 5:15 p.m., with a Q&A session to follow the screening. Refreshments will be provided. A synopsis and link to WSAW's film coverage is below: This is the story of a humble man who became a decorated aviator and hero. Captain Scott Alwin, one of 16 'preacher's kids' and a Wisconsin native, served five tours of duty during the Vietnam war as an Army helicopter pilot, first flying slicks and later, gunships. ?Scott’s skills, daring, and decorations stand as a testament to his valor and include 136 documented Air Medals, Vietnam Republic Medals, Purple Hearts, Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, and Distinguished Flying Crosses, all with oak leaf clusters. He and a fellow Top Tiger pilot, Howard M. King, developed a low approach autorotation technique to counter tail rotor failure and taught it to other pilots in their unit. The army still teaches this technique to all helicopter pilots in their standard training today. ?It was while in Vietnam that Scott met, fell in love with, and married his wife, Du Duong “Tess”. Scott went to war because he loved his country, the United States of America. During his five tours of duty, he fell in love with Vietnam, too. He is buried in Marathon County, WI. To those who knew him, his legacy of love and honor lives on. https://www.wsaw.com/video/2024/03/31/honor-air-honors-wi-vietnam-veteran/