This Marine pilot earned ace status as a Wildcat menace in the Pacific
By: Jon Guttman | Published: 2026-01-02 21:51:00 | Source: www.armytimes.com
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Behind his Louisiana Cajun drawl, Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc harbored the intellect of an academic with the physique of a star athlete. Born on Feb. 15, 1921, in Lockport, Louisiana, he graduated from high school in 1938, but cut college short to try his hand at military aviation. He allegedly claimed that as a loyal Southerner he could not abide joining “the Yankee army,” so he enlisted in…
