1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds that— (1) a United States Army Dust Off crewman is a helicopter crew member who served honorably in the Vietnam War aboard a helicopter air ambulance under the radio call sign Dust Off ; (2) Dust Off crews performed aeromedical evacuation for United States, Vietnamese, and allied forces inside South Vietnam from May 1962 through March 1973; (3) nearing the end of World War II, the United States Army began using helicopters for medical evacuation and years later, during the Korean War, these helicopter air ambulances were responsible for transporting 17,700 United States casualties; (4) during the Vietnam War, with the use of helicopter air ambulances, United States Army Dust Off crews pioneered the concept of dedicated and rapid medical evacuation and rescued almost 900,000 United States, South Vietnamese, and other allied sick and wounded, as well as wounded enemy forces; (5) helicopters proved to be a revolutionary tool to assist those injured on the battlefield; (6) highly skilled and intrepid, Dust Off crews were able to operate the helicopters and land them on almost any terrain in nearly any weather to pick up wounded, after which the Dust Off crews could provide care to these patients while transporting them to ready medical facilities; (7) the vital work of the Dust Off crews required consistent combat exposure and often proved to be the difference between life and death for wounded personnel; (8) the revolutionary concept of a dedicated combat life-saving system was cultivated and refined by United States Army Dust Off crews during 11 years of intense conflict in and above the jungles of South Vietnam