"I was stationed at Grosse Ile Naval Air Station during August, September, and October of 1945. Immediately upon arriving at Grosse Ile, I checked out in the Corsair and I was assigned to a fighter pool awaiting orders to join a seagoing squadron. When the enemy heard I was headed for the Pacific, they surrendered. That was the end of World War II. I was discharged and returned home, a hero in my mother's eyes!" - Bob Barker