1. Yeager
... even impressed with it. The reason that he joined the Air Corps is because the recruiter made the Air Corps sound more interesting that the Navy recruiter. Chuck joined the Air Corps as a mechanic. After a year of being a mechanic, the Untied States was short pilots, so they put up a notice to ... reason was that he learned how to dogfight, that is getting in position to shoot down another plane and avoiding getting shot down yourself. In 1942 Chuck left for the war. He was disappointed at first because after 6 missions, they hadn't seen one German. However, on his 7th mission the Americ...
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