sentences:  Bloomquist received the Purple Heart three times, the Air Medal 37 times, the Distinguished Flying Cross four times, and was the 1964 "Army Aviator of the Year".After his time in Vietnam, he was appointed chief of a battalion stationed in Frankfurt, West Germany, and by 1971 was a major serving as the commanding officer of the 45th MB 3AD based in Hanau.Later that year he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was on assignment to the V Corps working on a drug rehabilitation program for troops.