Meet Jay D. Vanderpool.Pearl Harbor survivor.Led Allied commandos behind enemy lines.And became a "Founding Father" of Army helicopter warfare.
December 7, 1941: Lieutenant Jay D. Vanderpool, a young Army officer stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, awoke to the sights and sounds of the attack on Pearl Harbor. By the end of the day, he was among the handful of survivors digging trenches...
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