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Gordon Yeager

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Gordon Yeager remembers his ship, the U.S.S Tillman, almost capsizing during a terrible storm while escorting President Franklin Roosevelt across the Atlantic. (3:24)

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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. (:30)

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Gordon Yeager repeats a story told to him by a Navy officer about the importance of keeping your pants on while on a boat. (1:16)

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Gordon Yeager talks about escaping German artillery fire off of Cannes with the help of the British Navy. (2:49)

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Gordon Yeager talks about the events that led him to join the Navy and serve as an intelligence officer in World War II. (5:31)

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Gordon Yeager describes some of the more bizarre weapons implemented at sea by the Germans during World War II. (5:10)

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Gordon Yeager talks about his ship, the U.S.S. Woolsey, providing artillery support during the invasion of Southern France in 1944. (4:12)

Grace Chicken

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Grace Chicken was born in Hutchins, Kansas and moved to Missouri during the Great Depression. Ironically, her family was known for owning a large chicken farm to go along with their last name. As she grew up, she attended junior college for nursing and eventually joined the Red Cross, with her ultimate goal to become a nurse for the Army and she did eventually join the Air Corps. Her first assignment as a nurse was in Newfoundland. (This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD A. BERNSTEIN.) (Interview conducted at, and with the assistance of, the Military Heritage Museum- https://freedomisntfree.org/.) (4:40)

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Upon joining the Army Air Corps, it was Grace's job as the plane's nurse to care for any injured passengers on board until they reached their destination. She talks about what it was like to care for her patients and the process of doing so. When the war ended in Europe, her job was far from over as she was transferred to duty in the Pacific.(This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD A. BERNSTEIN.) (Interview conducted at, and with the assistance of, the Military Heritage Museum- https://freedomisntfree.org/.) (7:16)

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Grace remembers the pain of the soldiers involved in the Battle of Corregidor who were taken prisoner. When it was her time to return home from the Pacific, she and her team did so by going to Chicago. From there, she went back to university to finish her studies, until the war in Korea began to start up. Then it was right back to caring for wounded soldiers. (This interview made possible with the support of RICHARD A. BERNSTEIN.) (Interview conducted at, and with the assistance of, the Military Heritage Museum- https://freedomisntfree.org/.) (5:20)