Tuesday, February 20, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1942, Lt. Edward O'Hare, flying an F4F Wildcat in Fighter Squadron 3 (Felix the Cat logo) off the USS Lexington, on its way to bomb the Japanese air bases at Rabaul, shoots down in a few minutes five Japanese G4M1 'Betty' bombers bombing the Lexington and becomes the first WWII American ace in a day and wins the Medal of Honor for saving his ship, thus confirming his cool nick name, back then, 'Butch.'
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:37 AM 
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And, of course, gets an airport named after him. Seems like a lot better reason than being a mayor (La Guardia, Stapleton) or even a President (Kennedy, Reagan).
John Wayne, now, well that's different.
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John Wayne, now, well that's different.
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