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I am pleased to announce that the documentary about Captain Jerry Yellin, Jerry's Last Mission, has been accepted to the 2023 GI Film Festival in San Diego. The festival is from May 15-20 at the Museum of Photographic Arts. This multi-day event is dedicated to presenting films and events for, by, and about the military and veterans. Stay tuned for more information. ... See MoreSee Less

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Captain Jerry Yellin

2 months ago

On December 6, 1941, Jerry Yellin was 17 and had no idea where Pearl Harbor was. The next day changed his life forever, when he made up his mind to enlist in the Army on his 18th birthday to fight the Japanese. And that's what he did on February 15, 1942. In his later years he returned to Pearl Harbor many times to talk about his amazing story of war time bravery flying his P-51 in combat on Iwo Jima and in the skies over Japan, and remarkably, his reconciliation with the people and country who attacked the USA on December 7, 1941. In this video from December 6, 2016, he's at Pearl Harbor to participate in the Blackened Canteen Youth Symposium. Not many people know about the history of the Blackened Canteen. It's a moving true story that occurred in Japan during WW2 of bravery by the Japanese and Americans. Jerry helped keep the memory of that story alive and he wrote a historical fictional account of the event (and it's a great read available on Amazon). If he were still alive, I know he would want to be back at Pearl Harbor today, pouring bourbon from the Blackened Canteen and wishing for peace among the nations and people of the world. ... See MoreSee Less

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Pearl Harbor - Blackened Canteen Youth Symposium 2016

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www.pacificaviationmuseum.orgFollowed by the Blackened Canteen Ceremony on December 6, 2016 aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, a youth symposium was he...

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Captain Jerry Yellin

4 months ago

Before Jerry Yellin died in 2017 he co-founded an organization with a Vietnam veteran, Ed Schloeman. Operation Warrior Shield's (OWS) mission is to help veterans and first responders cope with PTSD. Originally focused on Transcendental Meditation, the organization has branched out to include other support programs. To help raise funds for the organization, OWS is auctioning a painting of Jerry taken from a photograph of him on Iwo Jima. The original photograph, in front of his P-51, the Dorrie R, showed him discussing fighter tactics with Danny Mathis, another P-51 pilot in the 78th Fighter Squadron on the island. Mathis was later killed in the Dorrie R. Jerry was grounded on a mission due to an impacted molar. Mathis flew the mission instead, in the Dorrie R, and never returned. However, the artist, Taty Alexa Horoshko, took the liberty to instead depict Phil Schlamberg, a 19 year old Jewish kid from Brooklyn. Schalmberg and Jerry flew the last mission of WW2, attacking Tokyo on August 14, 1945, not knowing that Japan had surrendered a few hours beforehand. On the return flight, Schlamberg's P-51 went into a dense cloud and never came out of it, presumably shot down. He was likely the last US soldier killed in WW2. After the war, Jerry visited the Brooklyn home of Schlamberg's family, where Phil's grief stricken mother told Jerry it should have been he who died and not her son. It was a wound he carried with him for the rest of his life. Please send me a message if you are interested in the painting or know someone who might be. Thank you. ... See MoreSee Less

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Captain Jerry Yellin

9 months ago

George Nolly is a former US Air Force and United Airline pilot turned podcaster who recently interviewed Louisa Merino about making the documentary Jerry's Last Mission. It's a touching and heartwarming interview about how she met Jerry Yellin and the 3 years she spent filming him in the USA and Japan, and the labor of love she devoted for almost 2 more years editing and bringing the film to light. Please have a listen and help spread the word about the documentary. ... See MoreSee Less

RFT 571: Film-Maker Louisa Merino - Ready For Takeoff

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We spoke with Jerry Yellin in RFT Episode 052. “Jerry’s Last Mission” From Deadline: Directed by Louisa Merino (Managing to Win: The Story of Strat-O-Matic Baseball) and...

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Captain Jerry Yellin

10 months ago

On this date in 1945, the 78th fighter squadron flew their P-51s on their first Very Long Range mission from Iwo Jima to Japan, meeting up with and protecting B-29s from Japanese fighter planes and strafing targets below. Flying over 700 miles each way without radar across the Pacific Ocean, the VLR missions were extremely dangerous, with more planes lost due to bad weather than to enemy fire. Returning from the mission after 8 hours in flight, the exhausted pilots had to be lifted out of the cockpit by the ground crew. Captain Jerry Yellin poses in this picture with his squadron on that morning in 1945, which includes the father of actor Troy Evans.Jerry's Last Mission documentary is available on Apple TV/iTunes and book is available on Amazon. Please help spread the word. ... See MoreSee Less

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