SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A former U.S. Navy Top Gun and a Korean War veteran has received a medal from the South Korean government.
The South Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles last week conferred an Apostle of Peace Medal on retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams.
Deputy Consul General Kwon Song-hwan also told the 97-year-old former naval aviator that they have asked the government to award him the Order of Military Merit.
Williams, also known as the “original Top Gun,” fought seven Soviet MiG fighter jets in November 1952 in the city of Hoeryong in North Hamgyong Province during the Korean War, bringing down four of them after a fierce air battle.
After his return to base, Williams found 263 bullet holes in his F9F-5 Panther, showing just how fierce the battle was.
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