{"id":5287,"date":"2023-03-12T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/?p=5287"},"modified":"2023-03-20T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:52:24","slug":"world-war-ii-veteran-wally-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/united-states-air-force\/world-war-ii-veteran-wally-king\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II Veteran Wally King"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5287\" class=\"elementor elementor-5287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42cca0e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42cca0e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a4803\" data-id=\"65a4803\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b9d13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b9d13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5290 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/americasveteransstories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Wally-King-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Ninety-nine year-old Wally King flew seventy-five combat missions in WWII. 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