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CAPT SHAW WAS CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN 13 JAPANESE AIRPLANES DURING HIS TIME IN WAR.
HE WAS STATIONED AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND TEST PILOT AT THE MOJAVE MCAS AFTER HIS RETURN.
WHILE TESTING A F-4F, HE PUT IT INTO A DIVE WHEN THE WING CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO CRASH AND DIE.
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THIS WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HIM:
EAGER TO LIVE, HE DARED TO DIE......
WHO SHALL BE SHORT -SIGHTED ENOUGH TO MEASURE A LIFE BY THE MERE TICKING OF A CLOCK?
CAPTAIN EDWARD SHAW WAS BUT 23 YEARS OF AGE, YET HE HAD LIVED RICHLY. DEPRIVED OF THE PRIVILAGE OF LIVING OUT HIS YEARS IN PEACE AND HAPPINESS, WHICH IS THE BIRTHRIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN BOY,HE MUST BE COUNTED AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE MADE MUCH OF EXISTENCE.
WHEN THE YOUNG MARINE FIGHTER PILOT ACE WAS KILLED YESTERDAY IN A TEST FLIGHT IN CALIFORNIA HE HAD TO HIS CREDIT 13 ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN IN AERIAL COMBAT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. AMONG THE FIRST TO THROW BACK THE JAPS AT GUADALCANAL, HE HAD BEEN REASSIGNED TO INSTRUCTOR DUTY IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT WOULD BE FOLLY TO TRY TO DISREGARD THE PAIN OF SUCH A LEAVE TAKING. WHEN FATE STRODE DOWN THE RANKS OF YOUNG SERVICE MEN, SHAW WAS SINGLEDOUT AS A MAN CHOSEN BY HIS OWN COURSE UPON THE CHECKERBOARD OF NIGHTS AND DAYS, WHO HAD GONE OUT TO MEET DESTINY UNAFRAID.
Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Hell Hawks", the squadron fought during World War II in the Philippines and at the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. With its assignment to the USS Essex (CV-9) and Air Group 4, VMF-213 along with VMF-124 was one of the first two Marine squadrons to augment carrier air groups during World War II. The squadron was credited with downing 117 enemy aircraft during the war.
