" John R. (Jack) Williams rose from extreme poverty to prominence as a radio announcer adn writer, mayor of Phoenix, and three term Republican governor of Arizona.
Williams was born October 29, 1909, in Los Angeles.
Leave us all enjoy it!" Williams was vice president of the Phoenix Housing Authority in 1944-1947, president of the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1946, and a member fo the Phoenix City Council.
JackWilliams: Well, they told me to move up on the flight deck, and as soon as I hit the throttle, why, it stopped, which meant that there wasn't any gas left, so we were pretty lucky after about a four or five hour flight to do that.
JackWilliams: Well, see, the difference between us and the air force was that the air force had to fly through it; we could fly around it or under it or over it.
JackWilliams: And plus the fact that had I been a half a second slower-- see, that Jap didn't have me on radar; he had me on manual and he was just trying to follow me down--but he was just a half a second behind, otherwise we wouldn't be here today.
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