Army Veteran Fred Yanker Turns 100
Credit Fred Yanker at a formal military dinner with Dr. Wernher Von Braun. (Yanker at 1st left, Von Braun at head of table) Fred Yanker will celebrate his 100th Birthday Thursday, March 11th. He was born in 1921, that’s some incredible math! Fred is a 30 year Army veteran, enlisting in the US Army at the beginning of WW2. He served in many roles and rose quickly in the ranks. At the end of the war he was transferred to White Sands Proving Grounds, now called White Sands Missile Range, WSMR. Throughout his career there he held multiple roles involving security, rocket launches and equipme...
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