I met Chuck Yeager and three of his squadron-mates from the 357th FG at an airshow in Clarksville, IN one time. All four of them were nice guys, and flew in in Mustangs, like they flew in WWII. It was great. I had Pete Petersen's book with me (Old Crow) and had all four of them sign it (Petersen was a better writer than Yeager, besides being one of Yeager's wingmen).
Yeager was always my hero growing up.. and into my adult life...
I met him at a small showing by the Civil Air Patrol in Crescent City, California...
he was fishing on the Smith River, so he made an appearance for the kids...
he was quite the man with the ladies, especially the older ones...
Typical southern Style...
Also met Ken Juerstadt, who was one of the Flying Tigers.. he also was speaking to a group
of Civil Air Patrol kids in Coos Bay Oregon... he was blind at the time...but still quite the jokester
and also the ladies' man...his eyes was a Golden Retriever.
Some of his stories and answers to questions about his Flying Tiger days, were quite entertaining..
