Naval Lieut. Guy P. Bordelon, now 31, spent eleven years waiting for a crack at enemy planes. He got his wings in World War II, but, as he says, “when the war ended, I had seen one Japanese ...

In 2013, Laird was entered into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame and is remembered as the only US Navy ace to have combat victories in both the Pacific and European theaters of World War ...

Mr. Vraciu was credited with destroying 19 Japanese planes in the air and 21 on the ground — ranking for several months as the Navy’s top fighter ace ... for many of us, was our payback ...