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Of the more than 11 million American armed service members who served during World War II, only about 66,000 are still alive today. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan interviewed 106-year-old Navy veteran William McClintick, who commissioned as an ensign in the US Naval Reserve in 1939.
After conducting Neutrality Patrols in the Atlantic Ocean aboard the battleship USS Idaho, McClintick served aboard the escort carrier USS Savo Island in the Pacific theater during World War II. In 1945, McClintick and his crew survived the impact of a Japanese kamikaze plane that crashed into the ship’s mast during operations in the Philippines.
McClintick shares detailed stories from his Navy career, his candid thoughts on current US leadership, and his experience living past age 100.
00:00 Kamikaze Attack Intro
00:39 Meet William McClintick
01:29 Life at 106
02:30 Becoming a Navy Officer
03:56 Patrolling the Atlantic Ocean, 1941
04:41 War Begins, Aleutian Islands Operations
05:48 On the USS Savo Island in the Pacific Theater
06:44 The Kamikaze Attack
09:02 Losing Friends in Combat
09:58 Advice for Young Navy Officers
10:52 Thoughts on Pete Hegseth and Trump
11:43 Concerns About the Future of America
12:31 Life After World War II
13:06 Life at 106, Continued
13:43 Tour of Bill’s "Nest"
15:17 Credits
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How This 106-Year-Old WWII Navy Vet Survived A Kamikaze Attack | War Journal | Business Insider
