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February 2026

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A Polish variant of the MiG-15s then- Lieutenant Royce Williams faced military | health | family | pets Focus see the storm ahead of me. e guy on my tail was in ideal gunner range, shooting away. e whole time I'm doing what I've been taught, so I'm using what I have — jam the stick forward, pull it back. I'm going down and up, seeing all these bullets over me then under me…" — Royce Williams, excerpted from an interview Williams conducted with the American Veteran Center in 2021 "…I had a MiG smoking and I was on his tail. He was dropping, going slower on his way down, but I ran out of ammunition so there was no reason for me to stay up there. But then this other guy slid in right behind me and as I turned to battle with him, his fire took away a lot of my capability. Fortunately, I was aimed directly toward the task force. We were in a clear area. ere were no clouds, but I could 74 Years in the Making LEGENDARY KOREAN WAR PILOT ROYCE WILLIAMS TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY BILL ABRAMS COURTESY PHOTO >> @ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2026 35

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