World War II Fighter Pilot

Hello, My name is Jerry Yellin, I flew P-515’s during the war and am the author of two published books, Of War and Weddings and The Blackened Canteen. I am a member of the Military Writers Society of America and an essay I wrote is a finalist in the Peoples Choice Award. I would appreciate it if you watch it on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/jerryellin

then go to

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and vote for me. It would be great if you sent this to all of your friends and family and ask them to pass it along too. I really would like to get this message out around the Globe.

Jerry was a guest on American Heroes Radio, Episode No. 59.
Captain Jerry Yellin, USA “enlisted in the Army Air Corps on Feb. 15, 1942, his 18th birthday and graduated from Luke Field in August, 1943 as a fighter pilot. He was in combat in the Pacific Theater and Iwo Jima with the 78th Fighter Squadron and participated in the first land based fighter mission over Japan on April 7, 1945 and the last mission of the war on August 14, 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf clusters. He was discharged a Captain in December 1945.” Captain Jerry Yellin is the author of Of War & Weddings: A Legacy of Two Fathers and The Blackened Canteen.

Listen to the Interview
http://www.hitechcj.com/americanheroesradio/world_war_ii_fighter_pilot.html