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0705 16 JANUARY 1991

FROM COMMANDING OFFICER 403RD AVIATION BATTALION

TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF US CENTRAL COMMAND

ATTN: J-l


INFO: PUBLIC AFFAIRS

1. THE UNDERSIGNED STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THE IMPACT AWARD OF THE

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL TO SECOND

LIEUTENANT C. G. CASTILLO, SSN 245220136, AVIATION, 155TH ATTACK

HELICOPTER COMPANY, WITH CITATION AS FOLLOWS:


SECOND LIEUTENANT CASTILLO WAS FLYING AS COPILOT OF AN AH-64B

ATTACK HELICOPTER IN THE OPENING HOURS OF OPERATION DESERT STORM.

AFTER SUCCESSFULLY DESTROYING SEVERAL IRAQI RADAR INSTALLATIONS AND

OTHER TARGETS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK AND SEVERELY DAMAGED BY IRAQI

ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE. THE PILOT WAS BLINDED, LIEUTENANT CASTILLO WAS

WOUNDED, AND HIS WINDSCREEN WAS DESTROYED. LIEUTENANT CASTILLO TOOK

THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DESPITE HIS PAINFUL WOUNDS AND THE

LOSS OF ESSENTIALLY ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT FLEW
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