{"product_id":"xx1-16-f4u-4-corsair","title":"xx1\/16 F4U-4 Corsair","description":"GUI 1004 Guillows Vought F-4U-4 Corsair                                                 \u003cdiv align=\"justify\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eNicknamed the “Sweetheart of Okinawa” by the U.S. Marines and “Whistling Death” by the Japanese, the Corsair performed effectively in two years- the Pacific conflict of World War 2 and the Korean engagement of the early 1950’s. 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