This Is the Story of America's Original Top Gun
This Is the Story of America's Original Top Gun Navy ace “Butch” O’Hare won the Medal of Honor taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers singlehandedly to protect his ship, USS Lexington. Here's What You Need to Know: Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is named after this American legend. Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare rocketed to fame in February 1942 by singlehandedly taking on eight Japanese torpedo bombers bent on destroying the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and shooting down several of them. For this deed, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decorated him with the Medal of ...
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