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The greatest air-sea rescue mission of World War II in the Pacific occurred just two weeks before the fighting came-to-a-close. Nearly 150 men were involved to rescue just one man – Edward Harry Mikes, Jr. from Berwyn, Illinois.
An American Fighter Pilot In The Last Days of World War II
The Rescue of Ed Mikes tells the incredible story of an American fighter pilot who bailed out over Japan and was rescued by submarine in the last days of World War II.
The greatest air-sea rescue mission of World War II in the Pacific occurred just two weeks before the fighting came-to-a-close. Nearly 150 men were involved to rescue just one man – Edward Harry Mikes, Jr. from Berwyn, Illinois.
The rescue of Ed Mikes reads like Hollywood fiction. Quite often, truth is stranger than fiction!
A man, a husband, a father, a grandfather and great grandfather. He was and forever will be my hero!
The true story of one of the most incredible rescue missions of World War II!