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William Slatcher

Pacific Theater of Operations; United States Navy – 1943-1945William Slatcher

  • Co-pilot of a PBM Mariner “flying boat”
  • Survived two days floating in the Pacific after abandoning plane
  • Flew 18 hours a day when on duty
  • Came under attack once from a Japanese “fishing boat”
  • Squadron went into Tokyo Bay with Eisenhower to sign treaty
  • Flew mail in and out of Tokyo after the war ended

 

 

 

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