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	The Sky Was Covered With Japanese Fighter Planes

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Category	Veterans of Freedom
Author	Alle-Kiski Today
Contact	info@alle-kiskitoday.com
Date	October 01, 2005
Speed	Dialup
Town	Allegheny Township

	Story Line:

�The sky was covered by Japanese fighter planes,� explained Walter P. Kajut of Markle (Allegheny Township). Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1944, he said, �the entire sky was almost black with their planes�. The Japanese Imperial Air Forces were diving plane after plane at the USS Yorktown. Walter could laugh about his decision to join the navy. When he was drafted at 18 in 1944, the first question asked was what service did he want to join? His reply was �not where there are foxholes or cold ground,� and, �I don�t want to be a hero�. So, he chose the Navy. That choice led him to be in some of the fiercest fights in World War II.