16 million Americans served in War II our country's greatest generation willing to pay the ultimate price in history's most consequential war.

Now very few of those veterans remain to tell their

tale. In this Memorial Day episode of Morning Wire, we sit down with one of those veterans,

decorated U.S. Army Air Forces pilot John F. Homan who flew 34

combat missions over Europe during a crucial period of the Second Great War.

I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's May 27th and this is a Memorial Day edition of Morning Wire.

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Joining us now to discuss his wartime experience that he's documented in his new memoir Into the Cold Blue My World War Two journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force

is retired Army Air Forces pilot John F. Homen.

Also joining him is his co-author for the book,

Jared Frederick. Thank you both for speaking with us today.

Thank you for having us.

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