John Henry "Red" Zybach videotaped oral history promotion by Bob Zybach and Josh Meredith. Focus on WW II Navy career in the South Pacific. Family history and early childhood in Woodland, Washington.
in the mid 90s i played in an adult baseball league, and an umpire we had was on a ship in the pacific... he was a little guy in his 70s and told me about shooting a 20mm at jap planes... he had a very strong grip... i think his grip was still strong from gripping onto that 20mm shooting the kamikazes! he said something i won't forget, a kind of resentment that we don't still have many of the islands we pushed japs out of, he felt the sacrifice, but not reward - interesting...
in the mid 90s i played in an adult baseball league, and an umpire we had was on a ship in the pacific... he was a little guy in his 70s and told me about shooting a 20mm at jap planes... he had a very strong grip... i think his grip was still strong from gripping onto that 20mm shooting the kamikazes! he said something i won't forget, a kind of resentment that we don't still have many of the islands we pushed japs out of, he felt the sacrifice, but not reward - interesting...
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