No, Yeager grew up in rural West Virginia. He entered the military first during WWII.
I got to meet Gen. Robert Lee Scott, author of “God Is My C0-Pilot”. He also wrote a bunch of other books which were not as well known.
I do remember his mentioning that the Japanese ground troops tended to not lead their target enough. He wondered if it was because they had never duck hunted.
My mistake, I didn’t make my last comment clear enough. I originally thought Frederick “Boots” Blese made the comment.