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Navy's greatest legends, the giants of midway and corral sea and manila bay. here in annapolis the glorious past is all around you and so are the stories of your great heroes. one such hero who appears in the pages of your old year books is bruce vorhez. well-known all over. bruce hailed from nevada and was a member of the naval academy class of 1929. beneath his picture in the 1929 lucky bag, bruce's classmates wrote that he spent most of his time teaching the city slickers from the east the correct pronunciation of nevada.

In the south pacific commanding bomber squadron 102 during the battle of the solomon islands. that was a rough battle. his only brother had been killed in the death march. on july 6th, bruce volunteered for a mission to destroy a crucial enemy base. it was a rough time, it was a rough, tough situation. he knew full well that he would likely never return. he knew he was going to die but he also knew his daring action could prevent a surprise attack on large-scale american forces. so his plane took off alone on a 700-mile flight. bruce flew through the darkness to his target, a tiny speck on