Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:54 | Ken Clark recalls how he came to land one of the first combat aircraft in Tokyo after the peace accords were signed.
Keywords : Luzon Philippines atomic bomb Okinawa Japan Tokyo Japan air base General Douglas MacArthur C-54 G4M
Ken Clark runs afoul of a stuck throttle assembly in the skies over his training field.
Ken Clark decides to scout an old Japanese base on New Guinea in the aftermath of McArthur's push, only to find the base less than deserted and certainly not unarmed.
Ken Clark recalls his first air-to-air combat experience in the skies over Ormac Bay.
Ken Clark and his flight leader engage a single Japanese fighter over Ormac Bay.
Ken Clark and his flight group get confused about the way back to their base at Luzon after a successful bombing mission over Formosa.
Ken Clark recalls how he came to land one of the first combat aircraft in Tokyo after the peace accords were signed.
While attempting to drop bombs into caves in the mountainous areas of northern Luzon, Ken Clark takes damage that makes getting back to base and landing safely extremely difficult.
Ken Clark runs into hostile Japanese officers and cultural differences in post-war Tokyo.
Pacific Theater Photos of the 9th FS (The Flying Knights), 49th Fighter Group (Donated by Ken Clark and Dale Niesen)
