Posted on 02/07/2016 5:54:07 PM PST by XEHRpa
Capt. Jerry Yellin, from Fairfield, Iowa, flew the final combat mission in World War II. World War II veterans visit Iwo Jima for the 70th anniversary Mar. 21 in commemoration of the end of World War II.
That is an awesome interview.
Thank you for posting that. I recently watching the entire season of the HBO miniseries The Pacific on Prime and came away in awe of the men who served on those islands.
The best we ever had. Godspeed to all of them.
Forgot to add......if you have Prime, you NEED to watch THE PACIFIC. It is free and one of the best war movies I have ever seen.
And I also found the connection to Scarlet Johannsson very interesting. If that’s not good for a few pings, I don’t know what else will work ;^)
Capt. Jerry Yellin, from Fairfield, Iowa, flew the final combat mission in World War II
The year was 1946 and boy were the Japanese mad! : )
http://www.spiritof45.org/jerry_yellin.aspx
Hey, thanks for that follow-up information! It should be very interesting to WWII buffs (not to be confused with B-52 BUFFs).
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