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Captain Royce Williams
At 101, Captain E. Royce Williams is busier than ever, and he's one of the most remarkable people you'll ever hear from. Mark sits down with his longtime friend at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the full story, with no commercial breaks.On November 18, 1952, flying an F9F-5 Panther off the USS Oriskany near the Soviet border, Royce faced seven Soviet MiGs alone. In a 35-minute dogfight, the longest in U.S. Navy history, he shot down at least four. He brought home a plane riddled with 263 holes, survived being fired on by his own fleet, and landed on the carrier. Then he was ordered…
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