Dewey Martin (December 8, 1923 â€" March 11 or April 9, 2018) was an
American film and television actor.Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas.
For a time as a teenager, he lived in Florence, Alabama.Martin joined
the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a Grumman F4F Wildcat and Grumman
F6F Hellcat pilot in the Pacific Theater of the war. He fought in the
Battle of Midway and had to ditch his Wildcat in the ocean because his
carrier was damaged. He was shot down twice, the last time in 1945 and
was held as a prisoner of war until Japan's surrender.
American film and television actor.Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas.
For a time as a teenager, he lived in Florence, Alabama.Martin joined
the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a Grumman F4F Wildcat and Grumman
F6F Hellcat pilot in the Pacific Theater of the war. He fought in the
Battle of Midway and had to ditch his Wildcat in the ocean because his
carrier was damaged. He was shot down twice, the last time in 1945 and
was held as a prisoner of war until Japan's surrender.
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