SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN — On a June day when it was 90-plus degrees in Vancouver, snow still coated some upper reaches of the steep Grouse Vista Trail to Silver Star Mountain.

Summaries from Silver Star Search & Rescue missions. 2021. Feb. 11: Transported PeaceHealth staff as part of Nurse’s Net for four days during winter snow and ice storm May 22: Rescued two riders ...

Those included the Bronze Star, three Purple Hearts and “the Distinguished Flying Cross for Valor for his rescue mission in Cau Song Bae.” Yet his brother felt he deserved a Silver Star. “We will have ...

The mission, known as the rescue at Cau Song Be, involved Liss and his co-pilot, Tom Baca, making repeated flights from a remote base into jungle terrain where friendly forces were surrounded by ...