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^- [Desmond] In April 1945,

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^a B29 Salvo Sally was shot down over the Sea of Hyuga-nada.

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^Of the 12 soldiers aboard, only one survived.

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- By the time we cleared the coast,

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^the last call was 500 feet and we were moving along,

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but the fire was really beginning to burn

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through the skin on the side of the ship.

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Ramage up, you couldn't see where it was

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because all the fire and smoke

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was on the side of the enemy line.

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Soon as I bailed out and I cleared the fire,

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I saw the water and it was pulling my rip cord.

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And I was right under the airplane,

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I was lucky I didn't hit the bottom.

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And one thing, it was in my mind,

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the nose wheel was not down,

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which means that no one got out of the front.

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- [Desmond] Seventy-three years after these horrific events,

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the Miyazaki City Association invited Mr. Cannon

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and others to commemorate fallen Japanese

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and American World War II soldiers

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through a special memorial service.

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Petty Officer Desmond Parks reporting

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Fleet Activity, Sashebo, Japan.