Loss of our legends: Two 49ers Join the Honor Roll

Completing 210 combat missions, Captain Dick flew his single-seat fighter in skip-bombing, dive-bombing, intercept, patrol, escort, and strafing missions across the South Pacific. On March 6, 1945, Captain Dick led a formation of 7th Fighter Squadron P-38s during a B-25 escort mission to Hainan Island in the South China Sea. ................
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