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A wish come true: Washington native becomes World War II downed pilot

Pearl Harbor attacks survivor, Alfred Benjamin Kame’eiamoku Rodrigues, US Navy (retired) shows crew ship plaques to Carl Hess, Make-A-Wish recipient, at the USS Arizona Memorial near Ford Island, Hawaii, Feb. 19, 2013. Carl is fighting acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells, and wished to be a downed World War II pilot. Since 1980, the MAW Foundation has changed the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

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