Bombing the invasion beaches on the Philippines
14th December 1941: Captain Hewitt T. Wheless presses on with a solitary attack and becomes a national hero
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The Japanese were now landing on the Philippines, where many of the U.S. planes had been destroyed on the ground during a devastating raid only hour after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The defending U.S. airforce …
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