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WWII Vet Looks Back on Eventful Life

Posted on 2009 under Military, Operations In Iraq, US_Military | No Comment

26 Jul

As Samuel Lum recalled, there was barely a pause before Harvard-educated pilot Nate Adler urgently abridged his directions: "Bail out!" he called. A Hawaii native spurred to fight in World War II after watching the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Lum helped bombardier Joe Richter into his parachute and out of the plane.
 

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