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Technical Sergeant Shaub was nominated for the Medal of Honor.
On the morning of April 15, 1972, SSgt Shaub was flying on a mission with a crew from the776th Tactical Airlift Squadron for an air drop mission over An Loc, Vietnam. His aircraft which was loaded with Class A explosives was hit by heavy enemy fire.
He and his fellow loadmaster were struck by shrapnel in the cargo department. Seeing the danger to the aircraft and crew, SSgt Shaub instinctively released the restraining strap holding the load and set the cargo free. Two of the pallets exploded as they left the aircraft. The heat from the bleed air made the metal skin of the fire extinguishers too hot to touch, but SSgt Shaub used one to fight a fire that broke out in the wheel well area. In spite of his injuries, he managed to put out the fire and save the aircraft. However, ground fire had knocked out both left-hand engines and there was no hydraulic pressure to lower the landing gear. With his own hands too badly burned to turn the crank, SSgt Shaub supervised as his fellow crew member cranked down the gear. They finally extended just as the aircraft reached the traffic pattern at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The aircraft lost power from a third engine just before touch-down but the pilot managed to get the crippled aircraft on the ground.
TSgt Shaub was not awarded the medal of Honor. Still, he received the Air Force Cross, the second highest award presented to U.S. Air Force personnel for heroism.
Sergeant Shaub was initially trained and flew as a Flight Traffic Specialist, A60650.
TSgt Shaub was interred in Old Halltown Cemetery, near Halltown, Sumner County, Tennessee.
TSgt Shaub was awarded the "Robert H. Pitzenbarger Heroism Award" by the Air Force Sergeants Association.
Sergeant Shaub was known as Jack Wright by his family.
