{"id":3477,"date":"2018-06-18T07:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2018-07-02T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:14:58","slug":"doctor-aviation-meets-world-war-ii-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/doctor-aviation-meets-world-war-ii-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Aviation Meets World War II Hero: Earl Conklin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 8, 2018 I was treated to an evening with many heroes at the 14th Annual Tri-State Warbird Museum Gala.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As always the evening honored living World War II veterans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Going on a rough count by those introduced by Rob Riner there were about a dozen in attendance. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was honored to sit the Mr. Earl Conklin, who is ninety seven years young.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Mr. Conklin served in world War II as a Marine 2 Lt in the very bloody Battle of Okinawa. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Killing-the-Rising-Sun.jpg\" width=\"127\" height=\"193\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>He told me, \u201cI don\u2019t know about the Air Force, but in the Marines a Second Lieutenant leads.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I mentioned how I had learned so much about the battle in Bill O\u2019Reilly\u2019s book, \u201cKilling the Rising Sun\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I knew the battle was hard before I read that book, but I only knew the half of it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It made me realize that an invasion of the Japanese mainland in World War II would have led to greater loss of life and suffering.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This was averted with Truman\u2019s decision to drop the atomic bomb.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked Mr. Conklin if it was as hard as I had read.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He pointed to the Purple Heart on his lapel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat is where I got this\u201d. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I asked him where he had been shot.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>At first he was confused as to what I was asking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhere on your body did you get shot\u201d? I asked. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180608_210309-e1530558482660.jpg\" width=\"497\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He pointed to his pelvis area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The bullet went in here and ended up over there he point as he pointed left to right over the pelvic area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He told me that he spent five days in the hospital, but begged to return to the battlefield.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>His men needed their leader.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He went back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All in all there were seven officers in his unit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Two were killed and most of the others were injured in the battle.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Because of men like Earl Conklin, we have our freedom today.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Thank you Mr. Conklin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 8, 2018 I was treated to an evening with many heroes at the 14th Annual Tri-State Warbird Museum Gala.\u00a0 As always the evening honored living World War II veterans.\u00a0 Going on a rough count by those introduced by Rob Riner there were about a dozen in attendance. \u00a0 I was honored to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[24],"tags":[816,817,229,67],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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