Marine Rescues Drowning Pilot Moments Before Plane Sinks | Korean War Veteran Started "Marine One"

This week’s Urban Valor episode features Korean war veteran, Victor Real. Victor grew up in Santa Monica, CA during the Great Depression. To make money he picked cotton, grapes, and cleared out walnut fields. When the harvest ended, and there was no money to be made, Victor decided to enlist in the Marines. Shortly after enlisting, he requested to go to aviation school where he finished in the top three of his class. It landed him a job working with President D. Eisenhower...