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Aerial Conflicts

n article on Marine fighter pilots (“Flying Leathernecks of the Vietnam War,” by Jon Guttman, October 2019) included a Sept. 11, 1972, aerial battle involving two Marine F-4J Phantom IIs—one with Lt. Col. Lee T. “Bear” Lasseter and Capt. John “Lil John” Cummings; the other with wingman Capt. Andrew Scott Dudley and 1st Lt. James Brady—and an

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