ALLAN R. LARSON
281st AHC 1967
Receiving award for heroism while serving in the 281st AHC



Allen served over  20 years in the US Army and was then hired by Bell Helicopter to train Iranian Nationals to operate & maintain the equipment we had sold to the Shah of Iran.  After about a year in Iran he was diagnosed with cancer and returned to the States for treatment.  Following his treatment, he went back to Iran and was there when the Shah fell.  Allan had to hike across the desert to get out of the country.  Soon, his cancer returned and he died in June, Allan Robert Larson 1935-1980
Internment at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Savannah, Georgia

(If you knew Allen please contact his nephew, Karl Anderson, wordprchr@netscape.net