*IN MEMORIAM*

Lee Nordgren passed away September 19, 2018, less than a week after his interview aired on Hometown Heroes. Read this obituary column from the Mankato Free Press.

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94-year-old Lee Nordgren of Mankato, MN appears on episode #541 of Hometown Heroes, airing September 13-16, 2018. Nordgren flew F6F Hellcats with VF-50 off the deck of the USS Cowpens (CVL-25) during World War II.

Lee Nordgren as a 20-year-old Navy fighter pilot. For more photos, visit the Hometown Heroes facebook page.

You’ll hear the entire story on Hometown Heroes, but watch the video below for a synopsis of how he earned the Navy Cross on July 25, 1945.