A sampling of folklore definitions through the years: 2007AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY:Folklore is the traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral example.
The pilots of the 1st Black Hawk shot down, Cliff Wolcott and his copilot, were wedged in the wrecked cockpit pretty tightly & the crash had kicked up a lot of dirt, partially burying both of them. The guys doing the extraction had to cut the entire front end of the chopper apart around both bodies to get them out.
Captain Karen Walden flies a rescue chopper in the military, and dies -- just before the crew was rescued during Desert Storm. Early indications suggest she made a daring rescue of the crew they were in to rescue, then managed to keep the Iraqi Army at bay until she and her crew were rescued. Walden is nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, and Lt. Col. Serling is in to investigate her worthiness.