Mario J. Cortina: Maintaining Fighter Jets Sometimes Requires “Scrounging”
MicheleZander2018-08-04T15:05:13-05:00Maintaining Fighter Jets Sometimes Requires “Scrounging”
Maintaining Fighter Jets Sometimes Requires “Scrounging”
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“There was an unexploded Japanese torpedo on the beach in Saipan, and they wanted a volunteer. All the other guys were much older than I was and nobody wanted to volunteer, so they volunteered me,”
Lloyd and his crew completed their 35 combat missions in May, 1952. All Shook returned to the States shortly thereafter without a scratch. For his service, he was awarded the Air Medal for “meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight.”