The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.

A silver, red, and black truck goes airborne after going over a dirt mound at high speed. The back part of the truck has the word 'NISSAN' across it in white lettering and the letters 'nism' in white and a symbol in red above the back tires. To the left of the truck's window are the words 'Lucas Oil' in black with a red, white, and blue logo above it. Above the window the name 'Chad Hord' is written in black. Underneath the window appear the words 'THE BOSS' in red with the 'O' in 'BOSS' as a wheel symbol. Underneath are the word 'SNOWPLOW' in red and the word 'NISSAN' in black. Other symbols, in red, appear next to the window and above the front tire.

Photograph of a black Nissan Frontier truck slowly descending down a rocky slope.

The right side of a silver, red,and black truck is seen with the front tires in contact with the ground and the rear tires still airborne. In the background are orange cones marking a path.

Photograph of a white truck that is airborne after going over a a dirt mound.

A truck, with the front half painted silver, the back half in black, and in middle with a diagonal red stripe, goes airborne after going over a mound a t high speed.

A white truck is seeing going airborne after it goes over a dirt mound at high speed. In the background are people standing amongst several trucks and tents look in the direction of the airborne truck.

A black Nissan truck is shown going through a trench filled with muddy water. In the background and to the left can be seen a another truck.

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