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  • Crain, Joe Segment 11

    The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 12

    During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been captured in the Alaska [Ann

  • Crain, Joe Segment 2

    During the second Truk raid Alex Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group of Zeros.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 2

    When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943], 1 of the parachute stic

  • Crain, Joe Segment 3

    Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 3

    Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 4

    Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with Butch O'Hare.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 4

    When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had ricocheted off.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 5

    The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was aboard his carrier waiting for th

  • Crain, Joe Segment 5

    The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 6

    Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese fleet.

  • Crain, Joe Segment 6

    There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain.

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