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ADMIRAL CLIFTON "ZIGGY" SPRAGUE: A PILOT'S PILOT
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A pioneer Naval airman, his vast experience saved the day for Taffy Three at the Battle off Samar
He had a round face and a pug nose. His body was rotund as well. He was the type of boy school kids zero in on and make fun of. And they did all way to the US Naval Academy, where he was given the nickname Ziggy.
No one would have dreamed the moon-faced kid would become one of America's most acclaimed fighting admirals of World War II. Nor could they imagine that the admiral who wou...
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