In Memoriam - April 4, 1975
 

Capt. Mary Therese Klinker (USAF)

Capt. Klinker, a flight nurse with the 10th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, temporarily assigned to Clark Air Base in the Philippines, was on the C-5A Galaxy which crashed on April 4, 1975, outside Saigon while evacuating Vietnamese orphans. This is known as the Operation Babylift crash. Though mortally wounded from the crash, Capt Klinker pulled children and crew members from the wreckage until she succumbed to her injuries. From Lafayette, IN, she was 27. She was posthumously awarded the Airman's Medal for Heroism and the Meritorious Service Medal.

May she rest in peace!

Trav