{"id":2334,"date":"2012-03-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2012-03-16T03:39:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T03:39:39","slug":"second-lieutenant-donald-s-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/03\/second-lieutenant-donald-s-lopez.html","title":{"rendered":"Second Lieutenant Donald S. Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/lopez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2504\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/lopez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Air Force<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Donald S. Lopez<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Second Lieutenant USAF (Ret.) Lopez will have the audience at the edge of their seats as he tells his gripping story about his first dogfight as a P-40 pilot over China in WWII. In a valiant attempt to help one of his fellow pilots who was being chased by a Japanese plane, Lopez fires toward the enemy pilot trying to get his attention. The enemy&#8217;s plane &#8220;went fluttering down, out of control,&#8221; and Lopez made it back to base and scored his first victory.<\/p>\n<p>For the video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americans-at-war.com\/videodetail.php?id=19\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americans-at-war.com\/\"><strong>Americans at War<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Air Force Donald S. Lopez Second Lieutenant USAF (Ret.) 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