Thursday, May 21, 2015

77 Fighter Pilots Awarded Gold Medal by Congress

“We were destroying locomotives and freight cars that were supplying the Japanese army as it fought its way southward toward the bridge that crossed the Yellow River,” Arasmith said. “Capt. Field, who was leading our high cover, intoned in his unflappable voice, ‘Zeros, boys.’ ” Sure enough, there were four enemy planes. “The Japanese pilot ahead of me got out of his cockpit onto the wing of his plane to parachute,” Arasmith said. “My flight leader said, ‘Kill him.’ So I killed him.” He said it was the pilots’ job to destroy the enemy’s ability to make war. “This is my ‘life changing’ experience and I remember it again and again even after 71 years.” “You do what you have to do,” McPherson said. “You find out you have more determination and strength than you thought you had. I think all servicemen find that out.” And McPherson doesn’t want anyone thinking war is fun. “It was quite an experience, although I don’t think I’d want to do it again.”Read More 
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