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.
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Honor & Sacrifice: WSIU Remembers World War II is a local public television program presented by WSIU
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.
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