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    The Last Fighter Pilot in WWII

    This is fascinating, the last fighter pilot over Japan who is still alive today, Jerry Yellin. A book is now for sale called "The Last Fighter Pilot".
    The following is a short video of him & the one after is a longer version:

    https://www.facebook.com/RegneryBook...6070029429316/


    Full Interview: Jerry Yellin (YouTube)

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    Hey Engine, I took your recommendation and I'm glad I did :-)...
    Fascinating insight and such a humble man !!
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    Yeah, his son met a woman in Japan & they wanted to get married. Her father was a kamikaze pilot. It took him a long time to do so but when he finally met this American man, he asked him 5 questions & that was it. They were all about his father & what he did in WWII. Bottom line was, he was a pilot in a P-51 Mustang & the Japanese father told his wife he wanted his daughter to marry him & she became furious. He then explained to her that if his father was a P-51 fighter pilot over Japan, he was a brave man & he wanted that blood to flow in his grandchildren's veins. So fascinating!!!!
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