Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180528:20:58:00
That the japanese had bombed pearl harbor. >> reporter: he logged the news in his diary, and now he and his team were on the front lines defending not just their allies, but their own homeland. frank was just 20 years old. as a crew chief, he was in charge of maintaining the tiger's p40 planes, 100 in total. >> it was a real good airplane. it was like a tank. it was -- it has 30 -- it could take a lot of shots. >> reporter: that small fleet was responsible for downing nearly 300 enemy aircraft in the first months of the war for the united states. >> we never did worry about when the boys would...
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