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Yorktown Memories

Robert Duncan became the first Hellcat Ace, Albert Ketchum served aboard the USS Yorktown.

Aired 07/19/2012 | Rating NR

Honor & Sacrifice: WSIU Remembers World War II

Yorktown Memories

Special | 26m 3s

Robert Duncan became the first Hellcat Ace, Albert Ketchum served aboard the USS Yorktown.

Robert Duncan learned to fly the Hellcat fighter plane and made naval aviation history as the first Hellcat fighter pilot to shoot down a Japanese Zero. Albert Ketchum served for two years aboard the Yorktown during two of World War II’s biggest naval battles – Leyte Gulf and the island-hopping campaign that brought the war to the Japanese homeland.

Aired 07/19/2012 | Rating NR

Honor & Sacrifice: WSIU Remembers World War II

Yorktown Memories

Special | 26m 3s

Robert Duncan learned to fly the Hellcat fighter plane and made naval aviation history as the first Hellcat fighter pilot to shoot down a Japanese Zero. Albert Ketchum served for two years aboard the Yorktown during two of World War II’s biggest naval battles – Leyte Gulf and the island-hopping campaign that brought the war to the Japanese homeland.

Aired 07/19/2012 | Rating NR

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