Charles Elwood Yeager was born in 1923 in Myra, West Virginia and grew up in the nearby village of Hamlin. Immediately upon graduation from high school he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps to serve in World War II.Chuck Yeager was the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound. A combat pilot in World War II, Yeager was shot down over France in 1943, but managed to escape without being captured.
His Merits: | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal |
  | Silver Star, for shooting down five Me-109s in one day,[16] with one oak leaf cluster |
 | Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster |
 | Distinguished Flying Cross, for an Me-262 kill,[17] with two oak leaf clusters, including first to break the sound barrier |
  | Bronze Star Medal, for helping rescue a fellow airman from Occupied France,[4] with “V” device |
 | Purple Heart |
  | Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters |
 | Distinguished Unit Citation Emblem with oak leaf cluster |
 | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
 | Air Force Commendation Medal |
 | American Defense Service Medal |
 | American Campaign Medal |
   | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (8 battle stars) |
 | World War II Victory Medal |
 | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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