RIP Captain Skon, Navy Ace

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Heroes, this country was founded upon their greatness. You can add one more to the honor roll of those who have passed on:

Warren Skon, Navy fighter pilot and ace of World War II crouches on the wing of his plane.

Warren A. “Andy” Skon, 92, a retired Navy captain who was an ace fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during World War II, died Jan. 19 at his home in McLean.

His wife of 67 years, Hazel M. Skon, also 92, died three days later at their McLean home. Both had pneumonia, their daughter Nancy Jedele said.

Capt. Skon was a highly decorated pilot who took part in several major air-combat operations during his two years as a naval aviator in the Pacific. He participated in the Navy’s first nighttime fighter actions from an aircraft carrier and was awarded the Navy Cross, the Navy’s highest award for wartime valor.

Amazing, his wife of 67 years passed just three days after him. God bless them both.

5 thoughts on “RIP Captain Skon, Navy Ace”

  2. I heard their story last night on NPR. Capt. Skon was a true hero as a Navy pilot. Being married for 67 years makes him someone to look up to, also. And I wondered if NavyOne would post something on him.

  3. I have to wonder what reason or rationale NPR, a leftist organization (another propaganda arm) supporting this administration would have to place a program on their roster highlighting the life of a military hero, I only make the observation that it is an unlikely fit for a liberally slanted media organization that has always demonstrated a less than positive opinion about our country’s military…just saying..the left hates our military and that remains a well-known fact…k

    • I need to recant my comment – it was not NPR – I had changed the channel and was apparently on some talk radio show – maybe Laura Ingram.

  4. I agree, Kristen. And I am not surprised that she passed closely behind Andy. Having pneumonia aside, if is common for a spouse to pass closely behind the love one when they have been married so long. And being a flying ACE aside, he was an ACE in his married life, too, to have gone 67 years. Bravo Zulu to both of them.