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Letters From Our Readers, Feb. 24, 2025

Fred D. Williams (right) and Sherman Morgan

Fred D. Williams (right) and Sherman Morgan in July 1976.

Help Finding a Hero Fifty years ago, Fred D. Williams saved my life in a Hughes TH-55 at Fort Rucker (now Fort Novosel), Alabama. I was in the TH-55 Warrant Officer Rotary-Wing Aviator Course, and he was my instructor pilot. Civilian contractor Doss Aviation had the contract back then to provide...

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