Word: galer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just behind Smitty as a Zero killer are Major Robert E. Galer, a former University of Washington basketball hero, and Oregon-born Captain Marion Carl. Captain Carl lost five days' flying to Smith when he was shot down in his fighter No. 13. He bailed out at about 15,000 feet, hit the water four miles from shore. He struggled four hours before a native picked him up in a canoe. The native hid Carl until he was strong enough to start back to camp on foot. But the Japs had landed between the Marines and the native village...
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