Adventures with Chuck – Page 10 – The Chuck Yeager Foundation

From Chuck Yeager: Working with the Maquis (Shot Down in France Part II)

By Victoria Yeager / March 23, 2013

March 20 ’44 Spend most the day working on Gabriel’s old engine in the shed. Gabriel is happy I’ve got something to keep me busy. He thinks it will keep me busy the rest of the war – that it will never work. March 20-21, ’44.Night: Gabriel knows I’m itching to do something in war.…

Gabriel – head of the Neracais French Maquis

By Victoria Yeager / March 19, 2013

Gabriel was larger than life. Gabriel LaPeyrusse, Mayor of Nerac, head of the Maquis during World War II, was one of many who protected and saved my husband during World War II. General Yeager and I visited his house recently. It’s a pretty and historic house with a large yard. The fields behind it used…

From Chuck Yeager. 1944 Shot down France

By Victoria Yeager / March 17, 2013

March 4, 1944 1st daylight raid over Berlin. Weather was stinkin’. Only 2 P-51s guarding a box of bombers. They hit their targes. I shot down my first enemy aircraft (a/c). Woo hoo. I was out of ammo returning home. I espied the stragglers of the bombers in formation heading home. I called ahead. “Can…

March 8, 1944

By Victoria Yeager / March 6, 2013

At night, a couple of men take me to a farm where I spend a week with a young couple with a young son. It’s off the beaten path. The house is beyond some tall hedges and fairly far in from the road. I spend a lot of time playing soccer with their young son.…

Speed of Sound Tour

By Victoria Yeager / April 16, 2012

Kabul and Bagram Bases, Afghanistan April 16-19, 2012 – Chuck Yeager led the “Speed of Sound Tour” of Kabul and Bagram bases in Afghanistan, meeting with the troops there and reinforcing their sense of duty with stories from his lifetime of leadership and accomplishment. Article regarding “Speed of Sound Tour” visit to Kabul, Afghanistan Article…

Why Chuck Yeager is an American Hero by Bob Crowley

By Victoria Yeager / March 23, 2012

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Bob Crowley <bobcrowley@att.net> wrote: A few years back, I wrote this piece for the WBAP-AM website: General Chuck Yeager is coming to town February 11th. He will be giving a talk at the C.R. Smith Museum near D-FW Airport. I have had the opportunity to hear a past lecture at…

Capt Chuck Yeager Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross 1949

By Victoria Yeager / July 23, 2011

Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Charles Elwood Yeager (AFSN: 16076A), United…

Chuck Yeager – Air Force Distinguished Service Medal 1953

By Victoria Yeager / July 23, 2011

Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) to Major Charles Elwood Yeager (AFSN: 16076A), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service…

Photos from Yeagers’ South Africa trip

By Victoria Yeager / December 29, 2010

Just got some photos I had taken in South Africa and some taken by another of us. What a great time we had! So many people were very appreciative of us visiting South Africa. And we thoroughly enjoyed all the wonderful people we met. Here are a few photos of Tokyo Sexwale, a very positive, enthusiastic,…

Guest of Honor in Sort, Spain

By Victoria Yeager / October 14, 2010

Sort, Spain October 14, 2010 – Gen. Charles Yeager was the guest of honor in Sort, Spain, for a celebration of the 63rd anniversary of breaking the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager’s historic Mach 1 flight and distinguished aeronautical career would not have been possible if he had not been able to evade capture by the…

Fishing on the Tsiu – third day

By Victoria Yeager / September 10, 2010

c. GCYI Photo taken by Victoria Yeager The next day, General Yeager and I headed down 7 miles to the mouth of the river. Each year it changes – a couple years ago, it was 4 miles to the mouth. We ran into the others from the lodge coming back – they had started at the ungodly hour of…

Fishing at the mouth of the Tsiu River

By Victoria Yeager / September 9, 2010

Today, we fished in the morning at the mouth of the Tsiu River. Everyone else would leave at 6am to get the fish. We’d arrive around 9 or 10, when everyone else was taking a rest and eating the breakfast we brought with us, wade in, and catch fish. Worked well. These fish were fresh!…