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Chuck Yeager's Grandson a Hero in the Making? |
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Updated
Nov.23, 2004-- From the Greenside Blog--entire story found here "...The
first is a Marine from 3/5. His name is Corporal Yeager (Chuck Yeager's
grandson). As the Marines cleared and apartment
building, they got to the top floor and the point man kicked in
the door. As he did so, an enemy grenade and a burst of gunfire came
out. The explosion and enemy fire took off the point man's leg.
He
was then immediately shot in the arm as he lay in the doorway.
Corporal Yeager tossed a grenade in the room and ran into the doorway
and
into the enemy fire in order to pull his buddy back to cover. As
he was dragging the wounded Marine to cover, his own grenade came
back through the doorway. Without pausing, he reached down and
threw the grenade back through the door while he heaved his buddy
to safety.
The grenade went off inside the room and Cpl Yeager threw another
in. He immediately entered the room following the second explosion.
He gunned down three enemy all within three feet of where he stood
and then let fly a third grenade as he backed out of the room to
complete the evacuation of the wounded Marine. You have to understand
that a grenade goes off within 5 seconds of having the pin pulled.
Marines usually let them "cook off" for a second or two
before tossing them in. Therefore, this entire episode took place
in less than 30 seconds..." |