and just a quick hand touch. and that was it. and he just simply, boy, that was a fast finish. even before japan attacked pearl harbor, louie had enlisted in the army air corps. he was assigned to drop bombs from this b-24, nicknamed superman. based in hawaii, louie bombed wake island and a phosphate plant on nehru island. we were told to flatten it. i bombed the runway, and the bombers, and the factory. and then i had one alternate bomb. and i dropped it on a shack that was a fuel supply. and a cloud of smoke shot in the air as high as we were, 8,000 feet. suddenly superman was being pursued by nine japanese fighter planes. we took bullets, right tail shot off. left tire flattened. blood all over the plane. and we had seven american seriously injured.
who shattered records and also competing was a man from california who finished the 5,000 meter event with a final sprint under hitler s watchful eye. from his home in hollywood hills he is now 93 and he remembers. just a quick hand touch with hitler and that was it and he said the boy has a fast finish. before japan attacked pearl harbor, he enlisted in the army and was assigned to drop bombs from this b-24 called superman, based in hawaii he bombed wake island and a plant on nairu. i bombed the runway and the bombers and the factory and i had another bomb that i dropped on a shack that was a fuel supply and a cloud of smoke shot
hitler s watchful eye. from his home in the hollywood hills, samborini, 93 now remembers. i was invited to meet hitler, a quick hand touch and that was it. he simply said, the boy with the fast finish. reporter: even before japan attacked pearl harbor louis had enlisted in the army air core, he was assigned to drop bombs from this b-24 nicknamed superman. based in hawaii lieu owe bombed wake island and a phosphate plant on nehru island. i bombed the factory and i had one alternate bond and i dropped it on a shack that was a field supply, and a cloud of smoke shot in the air as high as we were, 8,000 feet. reporter: suddenly superman was being pursued by nine japanese fighter planes. we took on 600 bullet holes, five cannon holes, right tail shot off, left tire flattened,
sprint with a stunning finish under hitler s watchful eye. from his home in the hollywood hills, now 93. he remembers. i was invited to meet hitler and just a quick, quick hand touch. that was it. and he just simply said, boy, that was a fast finish. reporter: even before japan attacked pearl harbor, louie enlisted in the army air corps. he was designed to drop bombs from this b-24 nicknamed super man. he bombed wake island and phosphate plant on neru island. we were told to flatten it. the bomb the runway and bombers and the factory and then i had one alternate bomb and i dropped it on a shack that was a fuel supply. and a cloud of smoke shot in the air as high as we were in 8,000 feet. reporter: suddenly superman was being pursued by nine japanese fighter planes. we look on 600 bullet
enlisted in the air corps. he was assigned to develop bombs from this b-24. louie bombed wake island and a phosphate plant on nehru island. we were told to flatten it. i bombed the runway and the bombers and the factory, and then i had one alternate bomb, and i dropped it on a shack that was a fuel supply. and a cloud of smoke shot in the air as high as we were, 8,000 feet. reporter: suddenly, superman was being pursued by nine japanese fighter planes. we took on 600 bullet holes, the right tail shot off, left tire flattened, blood all over the plane. and we had seven men seriously injured, nine come back alive, one died. reporter: louie had narrowly escaped death, but not long after he was ordered to undertake a search and rescue