They were top guns, one of the Navy's foremost fighter squadrons in World War II. In just 76 days, they shot down 154 Japanese planes over the South Pacific, a record surpassing the kill roster of the famed Black Sheep fighters under "Pappy" Boyington. They were Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17, known as the Jolly Rogers. This is their storoy, told by Lieutenant Commander Tom Blackburn, the charismatic flying ace who led them.
