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![[Thomas S. Harris oral history interview]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/366cb86089764c598baef25617629881.jpg "[Thomas S. Harris oral history interview]")
Fighter ace Thomas S. Harris discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) and Fighting Squadron 17 (VF-17) in the Pacific Theater. Special focus on a combat mission on April 12, 1945 in which he downed a Kawanishi N1K-J “George” aircraft near Kikaishima,…