Description
James Elms Swett was a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot and ace during World War II. He was awarded the United States' highest military decoration? the Medal of Honor ? for actions while a division flight leader in VMF-221 over Guadalcanal on April 7, 1943.
Subsequently he downed a total of 15.5 enemy aircraft during the war, earning eight Distinguished Flying Crosses and four Air Medals.
Born
June 15th, 1920 in Seattle / Died: Jan 18th, 2009 - passed away at 88 in redding, ca. of heart failure
Last Changes
2010/06/01
A Scanned Autograph has been removed
2009/01/24
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2008/02/05
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