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Old November 23rd 03, 03:58 AM
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Kadena honors legendary WWII fighter ace

(EXCERPT) , By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Sunday, November 23, 2003

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — A small monument honoring an Air Force
legend was recently placed at his former residence here.

Ret. Col. Francis S. “Gabby” Gabreski, who died last year, lived at
2385 Stearley Heights while serving as 18th Tactical Fighter Wing,
F-100 commander.

Gabreski was the top American ace in the European Theater in World War
II, shooting down 28 enemy fighters in dogfights and taking out
another three on the ground....

U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing
copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report
cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it
in full today, 22 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE
the following lines into your web browser.) The
subject/content of this report is not necessarily the
viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided
for your information and discussion.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=18867

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Otis Willie
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The American War Library
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