Unframed Original Pencil Drawing on 3 ply Bristol Board. Size 14"x 18". Autographed by "Alex Vraciu".
LT.CMDR. ALEXANDER VRACIU
USN VF6/VF16(19.00)
LT.CMDR ALEXANDER VRACIU, ORIGINALLY FROM EAST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND NOW A BANKER IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA. SCHOOLED IN AERIAL COMBAT BY THE REDOUBTABLE LT. EDWARD BUTCH OHARE, VRACIU ENDED THE WAR AS THE NAVYS FOURTH-RANKING FIGHTER ACE WITH NINETEEN AERIAL VICTORIES. COMBAT AT RABUAL AND IN TWO STRIKES AT TRUK, COMBINED WITH HIS EARLY OHARE TRAINING, HAD MADE HIM AN ACE BY THE TIME THE MARIANAS TURKEY SHOOT CAME ALONG. HE WAS FULLY EQUIPPED TO BENEFIT FROM THE ABUNDANT JAPANESE TARGETS.