European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse From i Sno ,.e. ,-.,.j Roll. Brook. the bad news m Gonna have to hurl you like you never hurl before in your nip to keep you from briny permanently disfigured. And i m Gonna have to do i every tour Days " i stayed in Iho Hospital a month and every tour Days Doc started Irum the Middle of my lace and Nock. Scrap ii away hip accumulated ii War a new tech que developed i Avo a horrible crisscross As them a grew the .r.ahr, and it worked Beautiful / i have Only a few scar on my neck but my i in healed perfectly in ooh Iho pain though War horse any 1 Ever a Nown. In Iho end. Thong. I came out no worse than losing Hie lips of to f nor is. Arin Call that gelling away cheap How can i explain sur i Jcj the Rollion to Ono Odd against a when my . I i example to have Hren born in 1973 and nut 1 il.-, i that i came of age Julis Avian on if fit a rim Tim Idem Era being in my Early . Jet after the War was the key to everything happen,.". In a . Placing Rno smack in the 1od"n a pol.-, it in research and development. M1 " t rail m the historic leap irom prop Loci ii. In m to rocket and outer space to make is Mark on Hist Niy a i c i in a. Lead to bom Al a Lime when a i Flat to make mine people to ,. I the our a Barrier was a Brick Wall in inc by in Hir iced 2 1st birthday in the Aye of the Condoide Gnu a have done no Good Al All. I was always afraid of dying. Always ii was my Lear that made to learn everything i could about my air plane and my emergency equipment and kept lying respect Lull of my machine and always Alert in a cockpit death is the great enemy and robber in my profession taking away so Many friends Over the years nil of them Young. Facing death takes Many Dilfer eni kinds of courage. There s Battlefield courage for . Where a Guy hopelessly trapped suddenly of codes to take As Many of the enemy with him before himself to killed. Many congressional medals of Honor were awarded Lor those kind of heroics. Posthumously of course then there is a More calculated kind of courage thai comes when you Are strapped inside a Bullet shaped rocket air plane to Fly at speeds where Many experts think the ship will disintegrate. Does thai kind of courage Merit the medal of Honor my Friend Jackie Cochran thought so. And the year alter i retired she set out to boat Down every door in Washington to win that medal Lor . Al the Lime i would t have bet on her chances but the nicest part about winning i d it up people Don t change Boru Hoy throw older. .i". Lun Al a Mill Lun at Lis and i Fly. Hunt Anil i by Chance i get a. A your a ti1 Piziol. I lived to Lull. My i Hivon t slowed lot i Don t try to jump Oil a ill loot Fence i i d in in a Lee. I m nol As Kibir is i vis Bill i c an i ii n1 o pm is in a his Fonkim a .nrlr.ifl. List to i a l i Ri i to i no of 1 a i is not imm in its if tin k. 10 . In ,1 i s ri.nnin and ,.i., i. To Wiiri in i ivt.l let .l.-rl.i.,in. V do to i a i .-umimpralanm.-," t d i Odi Tor i Tyml of. I i.1 a in Rah i. Ai is. A ii my Concession to aging in in.,1 ,. I in i d . N i ,.r the i in. L i in ,-Rir,i,.i-, 11, i . Niji s. A li.. I a i 1 of ii ind i h d it .i.n.ltt f it s i l i a a ill poop him. In.th.,n i la. Don top i ill1, to a t to o a n ,.v. J a h., a .i. I i. Urs Oil the old f ,.-.in i id in of Lucky Itron to .id.l/s. I Hunt As much Lor the.ercis.-, Inin rough Hill and Dale As for it of. It Aslo kor. 1 can Pul one foot in Iron of Ltd Oil a. I la out Shore 10 ,in., Lioni now i Don t still i High Speed Els Oul no some Nosta Tor the past. Do in Bee lose i love it ii it was t Lun. I d drop it in a minute including the consultancy jobs i have with a couple of a lifestyle does t demand much Money but i m Delin Lely not a rocking chair Type i can t just sit around television drink Beer get Tat and Oul and there s so much More i want to do. I never lost Rny curiosity about things Attiat interest fortunately. I m very Good Al the activities i most enjoy and that part has made my Hie that much sweeter. I Haven t yet done everything bul by the Limo i m finished. I won t have missed much it i m tomorrow it won t to with a frown on by face i had a Ball. Excerpted irom Yeager an autobiography c lick .Iger and to.mos. Published by Nook s. Inc. C 1985, by Veacher. Inc. By fran Oriot the publisher All rights reserved distr Tju of b Ancie time Syndicate. Yeager t endeavours As a test Pilot won him o special peacetime medal of Honor to i of was presented by president Gerald Ford in 1976. October 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15
