. . . . . "East Chicago, Indiana, United States"@en . . . . "China_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . "2"^^ . . "30779"^^ . "Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg"@en . "3"^^ . "0"^^ . "1"^^ . . . "1918-11-02"^^ . . . . . . "Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . "award-star"@en . . . "1941"^^ . . "1964"^^ . . "American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . "Alexander Vraciu"@en . "service-star"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alexander Vraciu (Chicago, 2 de noviembre de 1918 - West Sacramento, 29 de enero de 2015) fue un as de combate de la Marina de los Estados Unidos. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial recibi\u00F3 la Cruz de la Marina y fue nominado a la Medalla de Honor. Al final de la guerra, ocup\u00F3 el cuarto lugar entre los ases voladores de la Marina de los EE. UU., habiendo derribado a 19 aviones enemigos durante el vuelo y destruido a 21 en tierra. Despu\u00E9s de la guerra, se desempe\u00F1\u00F3 como piloto de prueba y fue instrumental en la formaci\u00F3n del programa de la Reserva A\u00E9rea Naval y Marina durante la posguerra. Desde 1956 hasta 1958, dirigi\u00F3 al escuadr\u00F3n de combate VF-51. Se retir\u00F3 de la Marina con el rango de comandante el 31 de diciembre de 1963. Al retirarse se mud\u00F3 a Danville, California, donde trabaj\u00F3 para Wells Fargo. Naci\u00F3 el 2 de noviembre de 1918 en el este de Chicago, Indiana, hijo de inmigrantes rumanos. Se gradu\u00F3 de la Universidad DePauw en Greencastle, Indiana, y comenz\u00F3 su carrera militar en 1941, cuando se alist\u00F3 en la Marina de los EE. UU. Durante su servicio militar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Vraciu vol\u00F3 Grumman F6F Hellcats en el Pac\u00EDfico, pasando cinco meses como ayudante de su mentor, Edward \"Butch\" O'Hare, el primer as de la guerra de la armada. Su mayor \u00E9xito tuvo lugar el 19 de junio de 1944, durante lo que se conoci\u00F3 como el \"Gran Lanzamiento Turco a las Marianas \", cuando se enfrent\u00F3 a un escuadr\u00F3n de combate japon\u00E9s en combate aire-aire, derribando seis aviones japoneses en ocho minutos usando solo 360 rondas de municiones. En diciembre del mismo a\u00F1o se lanz\u00F3 en paraca\u00EDdas desde su avi\u00F3n, que hab\u00EDa sido derribado durante una misi\u00F3n sobre Filipinas y pas\u00F3 cinco semanas con combatientes de la resistencia filipina antes de unirse nuevamente a las fuerzas militares estadounidenses y regresar al USS Lexington. En los \u00FAltimos meses de la guerra permaneci\u00F3 en servicio en el Centro de Pruebas A\u00E9reas Navales en Patuxent, Maryland."@es . . . . "\u30A2\u30EC\u30AD\u30B5\u30F3\u30C0\u30FC\u30FB\u30D6\u30E9\u30B7\u30A6\uFF08Alexander Vraciu\u30011918\u5E7411\u67082\u65E5 - 2015\u5E741\u670829\u65E5\uFF09\u306F\u7C73\u6D77\u8ECD\u306719\u6A5F\u3092\u6483\u589C\u3057\u305F\u7B2C\u4E8C\u6B21\u4E16\u754C\u5927\u6226\u4E2D\u306E\u30A8\u30FC\u30B9\u30FB\u30D1\u30A4\u30ED\u30C3\u30C8\u3002\u30EB\u30FC\u30DE\u30CB\u30A2\u79FB\u6C11\u306E\u5B50\u4F9B\u3068\u3057\u3066\u30A4\u30F3\u30C7\u30A3\u30A2\u30CA\u5DDE\u306B\u751F\u307E\u308C\u305F\u3002 1942\u5E74\u306B\u6D77\u8ECD\u98DB\u884C\u5B66\u6821\u3092\u5352\u696D\u30011943\u5E7410\u6708\u304B\u3089\u6226\u95D8\u306B\u53C2\u52A0\u3002\u521D\u6483\u589C\u306F1943\u5E7410\u67086\u65E5\u306E\u30A6\u30A7\u30FC\u30AF\u5CF6\u4E0A\u7A7A\u3001\u305D\u306E\u5F8C\u7A7A\u6BCD\u30EC\u30AD\u30B7\u30F3\u30C8\u30F3\u306E\u7DE8\u968A\u9577\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001\u30C8\u30E9\u30C3\u30AF\u3001\u30DE\u30EA\u30A2\u30CA\u3092\u8EE2\u6226\u3057\u305F\u3002\u300C\u30DE\u30EA\u30A2\u30CA\u306E\u4E03\u9762\u9CE5\u6483\u3061\u300D\u3067\u306F8\u5206\u9593\u306B\u50C5\u304B360\u767A\u306E\u5C04\u5F3E\u30676\u6A5F\u306E\u300C\u5F57\u661F\u300D\u8266\u7206\u3092\u6483\u589C\u3057\u305F\u30021944\u5E7412\u670814\u65E5\u30EB\u30BD\u30F3\u5CF6\u653B\u6483\u6642\u306B\u88AB\u5F3E\u3057\u964D\u4E0B\u3001\u30B2\u30EA\u30E9\u306B\u6551\u51FA\u3055\u308C\u30A2\u30E1\u30EA\u30AB\u8ECD\u4E0A\u9678\u307E\u3067\u30B2\u30EA\u30E9\u3092\u6307\u63EE\u3057\u305F\u3002 1964\u5E74\u306B\u4E2D\u4F50\u306E\u968E\u7D1A\u3067\u9000\u5F79\u5F8C\u3001\u9280\u884C\u54E1\u3068\u306A\u308B\u30022015\u5E741\u670829\u65E5\u3001\u30AB\u30EA\u30D5\u30A9\u30EB\u30CB\u30A2\u5DDE\u306E\u9AD8\u9F62\u8005\u65BD\u8A2D\u3067\u6B7B\u53BB\u300196\u6B73\u3002\u30A2\u30EB\u30C4\u30CF\u30A4\u30DE\u30FC\u75C5\u3092\u60A3\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305F\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002"@ja . "\u0412\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0443, \u0410\u043B\u0435\u043A\u0441\u0430\u043D\u0434\u0440"@ru . . "4372112"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Alexander Vraciu"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "205"^^ . . "Alexander Vraciu (n\u00E9 le 2 novembre 1918 et d\u00E9c\u00E9d\u00E9 le 29 janvier 2015) fut un pilote de chasse, as de l\u2019United States Navy durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Lors d\u2019un combat, il a abattu six bombardiers en piqu\u00E9 japonais en huit minutes."@fr . . . . . "1941"^^ . . . "Alexander Vraciu (November 2, 1918 \u2013 January 29, 2015) was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo. Vraciu was born in East Chicago, Indiana, of Romanian immigrant parents. He graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and began his military career in 1941, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During his military service in World War II, Vraciu flew Grumman F6F Hellcats in the Pacific, spending five months as a wingman to his mentor, Edward \"Butch\" O'Hare, the navy's first ace of the war. Vraciu's greatest success took place on June 19, 1944, during what became known as the \"Great Marianas Turkey Shoot,\" when he engaged a Japanese bomber formation in air-to-air combat, downing six Japanese aircraft in eight minutes using only 360 rounds of ammunition. In December 1944 Vraciu was shot down during a mission over the Philippines, he parachuted and spent five weeks with Filipino resistance fighters before rejoining American military forces and returning to USS Lexington. Vraciu spent the last few months of the war serving at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent, Maryland."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Naval Aviator Badge.png"@en . "Aviation"@en . . "American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . "Air Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Biography"@en . . . . . . . . . "\u30A2\u30EC\u30AD\u30B5\u30F3\u30C0\u30FC\u30FB\u30D6\u30E9\u30B7\u30A6\uFF08Alexander Vraciu\u30011918\u5E7411\u67082\u65E5 - 2015\u5E741\u670829\u65E5\uFF09\u306F\u7C73\u6D77\u8ECD\u306719\u6A5F\u3092\u6483\u589C\u3057\u305F\u7B2C\u4E8C\u6B21\u4E16\u754C\u5927\u6226\u4E2D\u306E\u30A8\u30FC\u30B9\u30FB\u30D1\u30A4\u30ED\u30C3\u30C8\u3002\u30EB\u30FC\u30DE\u30CB\u30A2\u79FB\u6C11\u306E\u5B50\u4F9B\u3068\u3057\u3066\u30A4\u30F3\u30C7\u30A3\u30A2\u30CA\u5DDE\u306B\u751F\u307E\u308C\u305F\u3002 1942\u5E74\u306B\u6D77\u8ECD\u98DB\u884C\u5B66\u6821\u3092\u5352\u696D\u30011943\u5E7410\u6708\u304B\u3089\u6226\u95D8\u306B\u53C2\u52A0\u3002\u521D\u6483\u589C\u306F1943\u5E7410\u67086\u65E5\u306E\u30A6\u30A7\u30FC\u30AF\u5CF6\u4E0A\u7A7A\u3001\u305D\u306E\u5F8C\u7A7A\u6BCD\u30EC\u30AD\u30B7\u30F3\u30C8\u30F3\u306E\u7DE8\u968A\u9577\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001\u30C8\u30E9\u30C3\u30AF\u3001\u30DE\u30EA\u30A2\u30CA\u3092\u8EE2\u6226\u3057\u305F\u3002\u300C\u30DE\u30EA\u30A2\u30CA\u306E\u4E03\u9762\u9CE5\u6483\u3061\u300D\u3067\u306F8\u5206\u9593\u306B\u50C5\u304B360\u767A\u306E\u5C04\u5F3E\u30676\u6A5F\u306E\u300C\u5F57\u661F\u300D\u8266\u7206\u3092\u6483\u589C\u3057\u305F\u30021944\u5E7412\u670814\u65E5\u30EB\u30BD\u30F3\u5CF6\u653B\u6483\u6642\u306B\u88AB\u5F3E\u3057\u964D\u4E0B\u3001\u30B2\u30EA\u30E9\u306B\u6551\u51FA\u3055\u308C\u30A2\u30E1\u30EA\u30AB\u8ECD\u4E0A\u9678\u307E\u3067\u30B2\u30EA\u30E9\u3092\u6307\u63EE\u3057\u305F\u3002 1964\u5E74\u306B\u4E2D\u4F50\u306E\u968E\u7D1A\u3067\u9000\u5F79\u5F8C\u3001\u9280\u884C\u54E1\u3068\u306A\u308B\u30022015\u5E741\u670829\u65E5\u3001\u30AB\u30EA\u30D5\u30A9\u30EB\u30CB\u30A2\u5DDE\u306E\u9AD8\u9F62\u8005\u65BD\u8A2D\u3067\u6B7B\u53BB\u300196\u6B73\u3002\u30A2\u30EB\u30C4\u30CF\u30A4\u30DE\u30FC\u75C5\u3092\u60A3\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305F\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002"@ja . . . . . . . "1104780207"^^ . "Alexander Vraciu"@fr . . . . . . "World War II"@en . . . "Alexander Vraciu"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "U.S._Naval_Reserve_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . "Kathryn Horn"@en . . . "Alexander Vraciu (n\u00E9 le 2 novembre 1918 et d\u00E9c\u00E9d\u00E9 le 29 janvier 2015) fut un pilote de chasse, as de l\u2019United States Navy durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Lors d\u2019un combat, il a abattu six bombardiers en piqu\u00E9 japonais en huit minutes."@fr . . . . . . . . "Lieutenant Alexander Vraciu in his Grumman F6F Hellcat after the \"Mission Beyond Darkness\" during the Battle of the Philippine Sea"@en . . . . . "United States Navy High Individual \u2013 Aerial Gunnery \u2013 1957"@en . . . . . . . "\u0410\u043B\u0435\u043A\u0441\u0430\u043D\u0434\u0440 \u0412\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0443 (\u0430\u043D\u0433\u043B. Alexander Vraciu; 2 \u043D\u043E\u044F\u0431\u0440\u044F 1918, , \u0418\u043D\u0434\u0438\u0430\u043D\u0430, \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u2014 29 \u044F\u043D\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044F 2015, , \u041A\u0430\u043B\u0438\u0444\u043E\u0440\u043D\u0438\u044F, \u0421\u0428\u0410) \u2014 \u0430\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043A\u0430\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u043E\u0435\u043D\u043D\u044B\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u044F\u0442\u0435\u043B\u044C, \u043B\u0451\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043A-\u0430\u0441 \u0412\u0442\u043E\u0440\u043E\u0439 \u043C\u0438\u0440\u043E\u0432\u043E\u0439 \u0432\u043E\u0439\u043D\u044B, \u0412\u043E\u0435\u043D\u043D\u043E-\u043C\u043E\u0440\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043B \u0421\u0428\u0410."@ru . . . . . "Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2015-01-29"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United States"@en . "oak"@en . "Alexander Vraciu (Chicago, 2 de noviembre de 1918 - West Sacramento, 29 de enero de 2015) fue un as de combate de la Marina de los Estados Unidos. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial recibi\u00F3 la Cruz de la Marina y fue nominado a la Medalla de Honor. Al final de la guerra, ocup\u00F3 el cuarto lugar entre los ases voladores de la Marina de los EE. UU., habiendo derribado a 19 aviones enemigos durante el vuelo y destruido a 21 en tierra. Despu\u00E9s de la guerra, se desempe\u00F1\u00F3 como piloto de prueba y fue instrumental en la formaci\u00F3n del programa de la Reserva A\u00E9rea Naval y Marina durante la posguerra. Desde 1956 hasta 1958, dirigi\u00F3 al escuadr\u00F3n de combate VF-51. Se retir\u00F3 de la Marina con el rango de comandante el 31 de diciembre de 1963. Al retirarse se mud\u00F3 a Danville, California, donde trabaj\u00F3 para W"@es . . . . . . . "United States" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "300"^^ . . . . . "World War II\n* Wake Island Raid\n* Battle of Kwajalein\n* Operation Hailstone \n* Battle of the Philippine Sea"@en . . "United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u0410\u043B\u0435\u043A\u0441\u0430\u043D\u0434\u0440 \u0412\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0443 (\u0430\u043D\u0433\u043B. Alexander Vraciu; 2 \u043D\u043E\u044F\u0431\u0440\u044F 1918, , \u0418\u043D\u0434\u0438\u0430\u043D\u0430, \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u2014 29 \u044F\u043D\u0432\u0430\u0440\u044F 2015, , \u041A\u0430\u043B\u0438\u0444\u043E\u0440\u043D\u0438\u044F, \u0421\u0428\u0410) \u2014 \u0430\u043C\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043A\u0430\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u043E\u0435\u043D\u043D\u044B\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u044F\u0442\u0435\u043B\u044C, \u043B\u0451\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043A-\u0430\u0441 \u0412\u0442\u043E\u0440\u043E\u0439 \u043C\u0438\u0440\u043E\u0432\u043E\u0439 \u0432\u043E\u0439\u043D\u044B, \u0412\u043E\u0435\u043D\u043D\u043E-\u043C\u043E\u0440\u0441\u043A\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0438\u043B \u0421\u0428\u0410."@ru . . . . . . . "\u30A2\u30EC\u30AD\u30B5\u30F3\u30C0\u30FC\u30FB\u30D6\u30E9\u30B7\u30A6"@ja . "Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg"@en . "World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . "110"^^ . . . "Phliber_rib.svg"@en . "National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg"@en . . . . . . "Alexander Vraciu"@es . . . . . . "West Sacramento, California, United States"@en . . . "Alexander Vraciu (November 2, 1918 \u2013 January 29, 2015) was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo."@en . . "Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg"@en .