About Royce Williams

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Royce Williams joined the U.S. Navy as an aviation cadet following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He remained in college and became a naval aviator by the end of World War II. He learned to fly the F9F-5 Panther jet and was assigned to active duty in the Korean War, where he would engage in one of the most impressive airborne battles in naval aviation history.

"I had a fair amount of training under my belt," Williams told Fox News. "I was eager to do my part and I didn't in any way think it was going to involve shooting down enemy airplanes." 

Excerpts From Fox News, Retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams shares declassified heroic story

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