Party in billionaire at the barricades. Those most of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch them on our web site, booktv. Org. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] as we were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellin was asking me, do i stand for the army . Or do i stand for the air force . Because he was in the Army Air Forces. [laughter] i said, sir, youre 93 years old, you can stand for anybody you want to. [laughter] [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from Luke Army Airfield as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943 at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder of the war flying p40, p47 and p51 combat missions in the pacific with the 78th fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over japan on 7, april, 1945. And
Forces this is what weve heard from the turkish president. Why you still here why do these weapons still arrive america is in the process of creating a terror army on all good do nothing crucial now borders do not provoke we will run out of patience tillerson has arrived in turkey and hell be going to an embassy a u. S. Embassy in turkey that is on a street thats actually maimed for the military operation against those Kurdish Forces armed by the United States Operation Olive Branch that is sending a pretty clear message to washington that they do not approve of this policy of arming Kurdish Forces the United States is caught in a strange place between two allies its aligned with the Kurdish Forces and its also aligned with the turkish government a member of nato that considers those Kurdish Forces to be terrorists. Well Political Science professor ching is tomas says turkey now wants the u. S. To deliver on his promises we are fed up with these words its coming from america by mistake
This and we can just get right back to sport clean sport its so easy to talk about negative things but its really difficult to highlight these positive situations you know who knows maybe one two lympics this will all be behind us and well get right back to you know clean competition and a lot of fun. Well staying with sled related sports russias team of athletes have added a silver to their tally but it was a medal that might never have been skeleton compared to nikita to a group of had considered boycotting these games in support of his fellow countrymen banned over doping claims or the reduced team sizes meant a lack of coaches at the competition meaning he had to prepare all the equipment him self even did the very same for his own team mate in other results the day the telephone a note won a bronze in the speed skating is worth noting shes one of the younger competitors at just twenty three the same as the skeleton silver medalist from russia skier denise spitz off also took third
[applause] this attack is back [applause] [applause] downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, he was asking do i stand for the army or for the air force because he was in the army airce force. I said you are 93yearsold q. Can stand up for anybody that you3ol want to. [applause] and Army Air Force veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from the airfield as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder flying to p. 47 and p. 51 in the n pacific with the 78h fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over Japan December and april 1945 and has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on the 14th of august, 1945, the data combat ended. On this mission his wing man was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war ii. His experience as a Fighter Pilot ar
[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] [