My wife's father flew 20+ missions in the Pacific as a ball turret gunner. He was the guy who sat in a steel cage attached to the bottom of the plane and fired a machine gun. For added protection, he made his own "body armor" using tin cans and a rivet gun.
We went with him in 2005 to a WW2 Veterans event. Amazing to meet these people and hear their stories.
God bless them all.
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