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Following an October 1944 bombing run over Luzon, Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Eno Leaf (left) and Ensign Wallace Griffin of VB-19 hold the parachute harness that took a bullet meant for “Griff.” (Courtesy of Captain Wallace S. Griffin, U.S.Navy (ret.))
Courtesy of Captain Wallace S. Griffin, U.S.Navy (ret.)