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America's last surviving WWII ace, Navy fighter pilot Donald McPherson, dies at 103 years old

Donald McPherson, a World War II veteran considered the nation’s last surviving “ace” pilot from the conflict, has died at the age of 103 in Nebraska. While serving as a Navy pilot of F6F Hellcat fighters aboard the USS Essex in the Pacific theater, McPherson shot down five Japanese planes …

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