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Published October 21, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: WWII Vet Jack Yoder's Freedom Honor Flight


Jack Yoder pulls up to the spot marking Peleliu in the World War II memorial. Yoder served on Peleliu tending to air strips as a U.S. Navy Seabee. Photo submitted

  • Jack Yoder pulls up to the spot marking Peleliu in the World War II memorial. Yoder served on Peleliu tending to air strips as a U.S. Navy Seabee. Photo submitted
  • The Freedom Wall is on the west side of the World War II Memorial with 4,048 gold stars, each representing 100 Americans who died in the war. In front of the wall is the message “Here we mark the price of freedom.” Photo submitted
  • Kaylene (Yoder) Nerby of Altoona, Jack Yoder’s oldest child, set up his trip on the Freedom Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., in May. Photo submitted
  • Jack Yoder at 19. Photo submitted
  • Jack Yoder today at 84. Photo by Jon Echternacht
  • Jack Yoder’s older brother, Gerald Yoder, was a ball turret gunner on a B-24 out of England that was shot down over the North Sea where he perished. A note on the back of the photo said he was shot down on May 2, 1944. Photo submitted
  • The tombstone of Audie Murphy, most decorated soldier of World War II, is one of thousands at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Photo submitted
  • The Tomb of the Unknowns from four wars, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam, is under constant vigil by ceremonial guards. Photo submitted