This is a Vietnam War Memorial. A large black stone marker contains names of local military members who are either listed as missing POWs from the war, or those who died in the conflict. Mounted on a post is a UH-1H helicopter. At the base of the post is a plaque which reads:UH-1HDUSTOFFTHE EFFORT THAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS DUSTOFF WAS PERFECTED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. THE ARMY DISCOVERED THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF THE HELICOPTER NOT ONLY AS A FIGHTING TOOL, BUT ALSO AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTING WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE TO SURGICAL FACILITIES IN RECORD TIME. AS A RESULT, THE CONCEPT OF NOT ONLY HAVING THE WOUNDED PLUCKED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER, BUT ALSO BEING TREATED BY HIGHLY-TRAINED MEDIS AS THEY WERE IN TRANSPORT WAS DEVELOPED. THE RESULTS WERE THATDUSTOFF FLEW CLOSE TO 500,000 MISSIONSTHESE MISSIONS EVACUATED ALMOST ONE MILLION WOUNDEDTHE AVERAGE DUSTOFF MEDIC TREATED 1500-2000 TROOPS IN ONE YEAR99% OF THE WOUNDED WHO SURVIVED THE FIRST 24 HRS. LIVED1/3 OF ALL DUSTOFF MEDICS WERE KILLED OR WOUNDEDDUSTOFF MEDICS SUFFERED THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES OF OTHER MEDICSALL MEMBERS OF DUSTOFF CREWS WERE - DESPITE THESE NUMBERS - VOLUNTEERS!IT HAS BEEN SAID THE CALL SIGN DUSTOFF NOT ONLY PROVIDED UNIFORMITY FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD WHO KNEW THE CALL DUSTOFF WOULD GET THE DESIRED RESPONSE ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. BUT ALSO WAS AN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR WORK, BECAUSE THE DRY DUST OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, AS WELL AS ANY OBJECT NOT FASTENED TO THE GROUND, WAS THROWN ABOUT VIOLENTLY BY THE BLADES OF THE HUEY HELICOPTERS USED WHEN THEY CAME CLOSE TO THE GROUND TO EXTRACT THEIR PATIENTS.THE EFFORTS OF DUSTOFF DID NOT END WITH THE VIETNAM WAR. AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE ARE DUSTOFF CREWS, SUCCESSORS OF THOSE BRAVE MEN FROM THE VIETNAM WAR, FLYING ACTIVE AND DANGEROUS MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, JUST AS THEY DID IN THE GULF WAR. THEIR EFFORTS ENSURE THAT THE LEGEND OF DUSTOFF NOT ONLY LIVES, BUT ALSO PROSPERS AND GROWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD