How's this for a feel good? Vietnam dustoff pilot flies missions for Veterans Airlift Command

"It's a labor of love," said Knisely, 69, who flew UH-1 Huey helicopters to evacuate U.S. casualties from Vietnam battlefields. Those unarmed helicopters, called dustoffs, were frequently the target of enemy fire.

Knisely's mission this week was to transport Army Cpl. Thomas Cannon, who was wounded in an improvised explosive attack in Iraq in 2011 and subsequently diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and pulmonary fibrosis. His lymphoma is in remission but now is stage 4.

Cannon has been training in Ocala with a medical service German shepherd received from Guardian Angels.

Veterans Airlift Command flew Cannon and his dog from Ocala to Allentown, Pa., with Knisely and Bannister taking the first leg of the journey in Knisely's four-seat Cirrus aircraft.

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