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Tucker Fuller | 5th Air Force, 90th Bomb Group, 320th Squadron - Army Air Corps

4:13   |   It was supposed to be a bombing run like the others, the target a Japanese convoy on its way to Lae. Their tight formation made it easy for the Japanese to focus their fire, and in the course of the bombing Tucker's plane pulled away only to be tailed by 12 Japanese Zeros. They would go on to earn Distinguished Flying Crosses for this action. (This interview made possible with the support of MARVA ERICKSEN.)

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