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WAUSAU - The photo shows him leaning against an UH-1 Huey helicopter, his helmet in the crook of his right arm, and he s glancing down at some papers in his left hand. He s wearing a knife attached to his vest and a pistol and ammunition around his waist.
Capt. Scott R. Alwin cuts a dashing figure in the photo slim, square jawed and handsome like Robert Redford. He looks exactly like the type of guy who served five tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot, believed to have logged more time in the air than any other American. He would be bestowed more than 100 medals, including the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
The company is led by Susan Reetz, who is the writer, director and producer of Honor in the Air. Alwin s younger sister, Pamela Alwin Fullerton, a retired attorney and writer, is part of the production team as associate producer.
The two met in 2019 when they sat together on an author s panel. When Reetz learned about Alwin, she immediately knew his story needed to be told and would rivet people.
Alwin was an extraordinary person even as a child growing up in Fort Atkinson, Fullerton said. He read about military leaders throughout time, including Caesar and Hannibal.
She talks about when she was about 10 and he was about 12, she told him that she was doing a school report about David Livingstone, the English explorer who famously searched for the source of the Nile.