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U.S. Navy pilot “Griff” Griffin survived intense combat in the Pacific War, then trained for missions that could only be described as suicidal. In October 1944, as USS bombers launched a second day of strikes on Japanese positions on Luzon, U.S. Navy Ensign Wallace S. “Griff” Griffin Lexington’s dive was at the controls of a …
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