Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happening. I u
[applause] plaws [applause] as we were downstairs getting ready to start, 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. I said, sir, youre 93 years old, you can stand for anybody you want to. [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 the air field 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 has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on 14 august, 1945, the day combat ended. On that mission, his wing man was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war ii.
[the Army Goes Rolling along plays] [anchors aweigh plays] [the u. S. Air force plays] [marines hymn plays] [applause] as you were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellen was asking if i stand for the army or if i stand for the air force, because he was in both appeared and i said sir, you are 93 years old. You can stand for anybody that you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 in 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday, just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating as a Fighter Pilot in august of at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder of the war flying combat missions in the pacific with the 78 fighter squadron. 78th fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over japan on april 7, 1945. Has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on august 14, 1945, the date combat ended. On that mission,
Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. J. F. K. Emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase, houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a heads up when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finished. I have a threeminute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happ
Howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nessa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. , i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary, firm in context of what is happening. I used this at the smithsonian. If you look at the smithsonia