Posted on 08/27/2009 12:03:24 PM PDT by DFG
In his McKinney living room, Paul Yeager received today a medal he earned more than six decades ago in the skies over the western Pacific.
Yeager, who flew 50 fighter missions in New Guinea in 1943, received the Distinguished Flying Cross, which is awarded to those who show heroism or great achievement while flying.
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The article made it sound as if he got the award for bailing out over the jungle in the South Pacific. I’d imagine it took more than that. Or not.
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