Auburn Rotarian Jim Foy spoke to the club about his experiences as a fighter pilot (and later pilot training officer) back in WWII. He sent in his enlistment papers the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. By the following year he was flying missions in the Pacific theatre. Jim’s first combat mission was quite exciting. He took enemy fire that shattered his windshield. He realized he was alright, as was his plane, and he had plenty of fuel, however, he couldn’t see where he was going. He didn’t have a parachute, so bailing out wasn’t an option. He could have tried to land at sea, but knew that the Japanese were taking no prisoners. Somehow he manage to navigate his way back to the home base some 150 miles away. He managed a safe landing and was able to save the damaged windshield, which he still has. He told several other stories of both his time as a fighter pilot and later as a trainer. Everyone was enthralled by Dean Foy’s tales from the Pacific!