Original sentence: Of the five top American aces from the Korean War, four perished violently in crashing vehicles of one sort or another.Though Fernandez died at the relatively young age of fifty-five, he lived longer than the other four high aces from that war, surviving until 1980
Edited sentence: Historian Ken Werrell, author of a definitive 2005 history of the Korea jet fighter campaign, noted that of the five top American aces from the Korean War, four perished violently in crashing vehicles of one sort or another.Interestingly, though Fernandez died at the relatively young age of fifty-five, he actually managed to last longer than the other four high aces from that war by surviving until 1980