This U.S. fighter pilot destroyed nine enemy planes in one mission

U.S. Navy captain David McCampbell is vastly outnumbered by a squadron of Japanese warplanes high above the Philippine Sea in 1944. His nine confirmed kills in a single day would go on to earn him the Medal of Honor. (3:32)


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