[applause] [applause] [applause] as we were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain jerry yellin was asking do i stand for the army with the air force because he was in the Army Air Force. I said you are 93yearsold. You can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] Army Air Force veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1983, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder flying the p. 47 and 51 nation in the pacific with the 78th fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased missions over japan. On the 14th of august 1945 the data combat ended. His wing man was the last man killed imankilled in a combat mn world war ii. Captured in his book the last fighter published earlier this year. Please welcome to the platform the distinguished flying cross world war ii veteran and Fighter Pilot captain jerry yellin. [applause] [
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