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- Alexander_Vraciu abstract "Alexander Vraciu (November 2, 1918 – January 29, 2015) was a U.S. Navy fighter ace, a Navy Cross recipient, and a Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with nineteen enemy downed during flight and twenty-one destroyed on the ground. After the war he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo.Vraciu, who was born in East Chicago, Indiana, and graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, began his military career in 1941, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During his military service in World War II Vraciu flew Grumman F6F Hellcats in the Pacific, spending five months as a wingman to his mentor, Edward \"Butch\" O'Hare, the navy's first ace of the war. Vraciu's greatest success took place on June 19, 1944, during what became known as the \"Great Marianas Turkey Shoot,\" when he engaged a Japanese fighter squadron in air-to-air combat, downing six Japanese aircraft in eight minutes using only 360 rounds of ammunition. In December 1944 Vraciu parachuted from his downed plane during a mission over the Philippines and spent five weeks with Filipino resistance fighters before rejoining American military forces and returning to the USS Lexington. Vraciu spent the last few months of the war serving at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent, Maryland.".
- Alexander_Vraciu allegiance "United States".
- Alexander_Vraciu award Air_Medal.
- Alexander_Vraciu award Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States).
- Alexander_Vraciu award Navy_Cross.
- Alexander_Vraciu battle Battle_of_Kwajalein.
- Alexander_Vraciu battle Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea.
- Alexander_Vraciu battle Operation_Hailstone.
- Alexander_Vraciu battle World_War_II.
- Alexander_Vraciu militaryBranch United_States_Navy.
- Alexander_Vraciu militaryUnit USS_Independence_(CVL-22).
- Alexander_Vraciu militaryUnit USS_Intrepid_(CV-11).
- Alexander_Vraciu militaryUnit USS_Lexington_(CV-16).
- Alexander_Vraciu restingPlace Lafayette,_California.
- Alexander_Vraciu restingPlace Oakmont_Memorial_Park.
- Alexander_Vraciu serviceEndYear "1964".
- Alexander_Vraciu serviceStartYear "1941".
- Alexander_Vraciu thumbnail Beyond_Darkness_June_20_1944.jpg?width=300.
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