World War II "Last Fighter Pilot" Capt. Jerry Yellin on War and Survival 

Most Touching Story...Jerry Yellin, Most Proud American!!!!.You Make Us Americans So Happy to Be Americans!!! This Made Me Tear!!! God Bless You and Your Family!!! And Mr Yellin, Your Mind and Heart and especially, Your Being, Look merely 70 yrs old...Thank You for Your Wonderful Story!!! Gods Many More Blessings! Loves from Honolulu...

Love these videos! My Dad was a WWII P38, P51 combat pilot & POW after 63 missions. Sadly this guys never got the respect They deserved in their lifetime.

My father flew Corsairs from the Antietam during Ww2, my memories of him are horrible, the man in this video, seemed stable and dedicated, was probably a great Dad, and obviously a great pilot, a true role model.

Wow..., I've got to add this book to my queue. Thank you Captain Yellin. It should not have taken me as long as it did to figure out why my father didn't talk much of the war either - war is hell.

I live next door to a man who was in the navy during WWII. He was on the island where the Enola Gay refueled before dropping the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. I also knew a man who was attacked with mustard gas in WWI. I feel honored to have known both of them.

What a man. Alert and intelligent still..........age has not taken anything away from him. Another of my hero's. God Speed!

GOD BLESS YOU SIR👍🏻❤️thank you for your service, you are a true hero ❤️

Fantastic- thank you, sir, for your service to our nation and to the cause of freedom.

Still fit...slim...articulate....the sort of man you would want on YOUR team........great that we had men like him around at the time when they were needed, I'm an 81 yr old brit - living in NZ & totally understand why these guys never spoke about the war until they were old men.............reason - no-one would be able to understand / believe what they went thru at that time , glad his wife peruaded him to go back....it helped to put his life back on an even keel after all those years .........Brian Mullin

Wow! That is one hell of a story. A true American Hero. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Truly an incredible inspiration. I've read about the true greats of WWII aviation. Jimmy Doolittle, Pappy Boyington, Chuck Yeager, etc. I think I need to add Jerry Yellin to that list and read about his incredible story.

My father flew in B-24's in the South Pacific during WWII. He was shot down on his 28th mission. Crash landed in Borneo and walled out of the jungle into a Japanese patrol, the only crewman of 10 to survive. Spent the last 1.5 years in a Concentration camp in Japan. Very high mortality rate!

Anyone, man or woman, with an ounce of patriotism in their heart needs to watch this !

RIP Mr.Yellin.

Not many left like him. Still sharp with a good memory.

Oh my god...and the things in this country today we view as 'problems'. Knowing as many veterans as I do today the last thing they ever want to hear is "thank you for your service". A thank you from me is meaningless and I understand why but what I will offer is a statement that requires no polite response from a veteran who gave everything and went through hell processing the horror of war when they returned home or those that never had that opportunity.... "I will never forget...and I will share your stories with those from the coming generations who will be taught that war is wrong in all situations". Thank you for sharing your story.

My father was a DC-3 Pilot/Flight Engineer, flying 100's of missions in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Though 50 was supposed to be the limit ! His plane and crew were shot down 3x, in jungles and survived all 3. He was awarded the Air Medal 4x and Distinguished Flying Cross 3x, Purple Heart etc, Plus multiple Presidential Letters of Accommodation, from both FDR & Truman ! Never spoke of anything regarding his service, even though some scars were prevalent. He Continued in Korea, and flew Military Contract DC-8's for Seaboard World Air, in Vietnam, until his untimely death in 1970, due to heart complications from malaria ! Shhhh, nobody is supposed to know that ! On his last flight out of Saigon, his plane took 21 Hits ! It's Definitely a Common theme that Most Men Did Not speak of their experiences ! 52Yrs Later, I Still Miss Him everyday ! Sadly The Vast Majority are No Longer with us ! MAY THEY ALL R.I.P. ! AMEN !

That was wonderful speach I loved it. That's the kind of world we need to live in.

My father was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He never spoke about WW2 or Korea. Somewhere, I have his written statement about the sinking of one of his ships during the Korean War. I remember that day and he never spoke about it.

I know a Marine who served in the battle of Iwo Jima in WW2. Deep respect for him and all the others who bravely fought for our freedoms. I'm afraid today we'd not be able to muster enough men and women to do what this Greatest Generation had to do.

What an amazing, amazing man . I’m so eager to know how his grandchildren , if any ! turned out ?

Not what one usually expect! Worth listening!

Wow Randy. What a beautiful statement. Made me cry.

Powerful. Thank you for sharing.

The kids today should watch this video. This is why we have the freedom we do.

Great story. Let us never forget that generation. Intelligence stories when ever I have opportunity, especially memorial day.

Great story Thanks Capt Yellin

My dad was a Navy CB towards the end of the war, yet I didn’t get any stories from my dad about his experience in the Philippines. I lost e my dad in Jan., 2008 when he passed away I was fighting prostrate cancer. My dad wasn’t a storyteller and I guess I’m not either. Semper Fi.

God Bless him and all those of the " Greatest Generation" that served in WWII. My late father flew with the RCAF in Avro Lancaster Heavy Bombers over Germany. Much of which he did he couldn't talk about. I now understand why.

Beautifully stated. Thank God for men like that?

No words for this.

What a great story !! WOW !!

Thr wotld's greatest generation. Look how far we have fallen since with these new, current generations. And all within 70 years.

Marvelous stuff.

Just awesome.

Good man!

Awesome

outstanding story ........this guy looks and sounds like he can fly a p-51 today .........

Great story

Inspiring

Such a great generation then and now what do have?

WOW!!! THEY DON'T MAKE MEN LIKE HIM OR MY DAD THE LATE STEVE BELLOSE ANYMORE....GOD BLESS THEM ALL....MY HERO'S..ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS AND HEART. BETTER NOT TAKE A KNEE IN MY PRESENCE......

How is it that the girl's father who was a Kamikazi pilot is still alive?

by any chance did you know my uncle Bradford Maitland Brooks he was in squadron 117 his plane went down and he didn't live through it,?

Any Japanese Kamikaze pilot that survived the war apparently never flew any missions!!!

Putstand8ng

A time when men were real men, not like the snowflakes we have today.. GOD BLESS THEM ALL..

he is dead now