Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
3:24 | Gordon Yeager remembers his ship, the U.S.S Tillman, almost capsizing during a terrible storm while escorting President Franklin Roosevelt across the Atlantic.
Keywords : Yalta conference escort Franklin D. Roosevelt Norfolk VA storm
Gordon Yeager talks about the events that led him to join the Navy and serve as an intelligence officer in World War II.
Gordon Yeager repeats a story told to him by a Navy officer about the importance of keeping your pants on while on a boat.
Gordon Yeager retells the story told to him of a dud shell hitting the U.S.S. Ludlow.
Gordon Yeager talks about his ship, the U.S.S. Woolsey, providing artillery support during the invasion of Southern France in 1944.
Gordon Yeager talks about escaping German artillery fire off of Cannes with the help of the British Navy.
Gordon Yeager describes some of the more bizarre weapons implemented at sea by the Germans during World War II.
Gordon Yeager remembers his ship, the U.S.S Tillman, almost capsizing during a terrible storm while escorting President Franklin Roosevelt across the Atlantic.
Gordon Yeager recalls intelligence documents he once saw describing the loss of life that had been estimated to occur if the U.S. had invaded Japan during World War II.
