Below is a link to the article in the Washington Post about Virgil D. Olson, a retired Marine Corps colonel who flew combat missions during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was the first Marine helicopter pilot to fly the president, died July 31 at The Fairfax retirement community at Fort Belvoir. He was 93.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/virgil-d-olson-marine-combat-pilot-in-three-wars-dies-at-93/2012/08/01/gJQAioTLQX_story.html