Victoria Yeager
General Yeager’s Bronze Star Medal
General Yeager received a Bronze Star Medal with valor device (for carrying a wounded airman over the steepest part of the Pyrenees in 3 foot snow and saving his life in the Spring of 1944.) The Bronze Star Medal with the “V” device to denote heroism in combat is the fourth highest military decoration for valor.…
Read MoreGlennis Dickhouse Sees Chuck Yeager for the 1st Time
Today is Sauntering Day. When Chuck Yeager met Glennis Dickhouse, his first wife, he was a United States Army Air Corps pilot, with the lowly rank of flight officer. The two flight officers, Chuck and Mac McKee, his best friend, were tasked with going to the USO and arranging a dance for the men. Glennis…
Read MoreGeneral Eisenhower meets Flight Officer Yeager
In General Yeager’s words: “The brass kept trying to send me home after I got back to England after being shot down and evaded. I got pretty brassy and worked my way all the way up to General Eisenhower. There we were; Glover, a college boy, and me, a high school graduate standing in front…
Read MoreGeneral Yeager Interned in Spain 1944 (from an interview)
General Yeager: After being shot down on my 9th mission during World War II, evading Germans, helping the French underground. who protected me, blow up bridges, carrying a wounded man over the Pyrenees, I spent Easter in 1944 interned in Spain. Interviewer: Taking a wounded man across the Pyrenees rather complicated matters a bit, though. General…
Read MoreEscaping the Gestapo – Climbing the Pyrenees Part 1
Chuck Yeager: Having been shot down March 5, 1944 and hidden for several weeks, we pick up the story at the foothills of the Pyrenees. We leave the house when night falls. After a few hours we arrive at what is basically a hut to spend the day resting and sleeping for the next day…
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