Captain William J. Kossler, USCG Award presentation at the Forum to US Armed Services, United States Coast Guard and Helicopter Council of the Aircraft Industries Association. The Award was given for the rescue work performed during the floods last year, 1955, in New England, Mexico and California, at which time thousands of persons were removed from precarious and inaccessible places in flooded areas by helicopters.
Vertical Flight Society's (formerly American Helicopter Society - AHS) Annual Forum 12, 1956, May 2-5, 1956 at Washington, D. C., USA
Source: Vertiflite (AHS Newsletter) April-May 1956 (Vol.2 No. 4)
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