Vietnam veteran and Alliance 180 founder Bob Nevins will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor a civilian can receive, following the signing of the Dustoff Crews of Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act by President Joe Biden on Thursday.

A Saratoga County man has received one of the highest honors for his work in the military.Bob Nevins, was a helicopter rescue pilot in the Vietnam War and was a

Legendary tennis player and women’s rights advocate Billie Jean King became the first female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, she announced in an Instagram post on Friday.

Billie Jean King has been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States Tennis Association said on Friday, becoming the first individual female athlete to receive the honour.

The Dustoffs extracted 900,000 wounded U.S., Vietnamese, and allied soldiers from May 1962 to March 1973. The Army said the medevac crews had a one-in-three chance of becoming casualties themselves.

The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, passed unanimously in the Senate and then in the House of Representatives.

Joe Biden has signed bipartisan legislation to recognize King for “a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights for all, in sports and in society.”