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The Man Who Broke the Sound Barrier Turns 97

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Wes O'Donnell
Feb 20, 2020
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It’s not every day that you get rejected by a national hero.

In 2015, as I was preparing the contents of a speech that I was to give to the cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy alongside leadership guru Simon Sinek, I remember seeing something about one of my childhood heroes, Chuck Yeager, in the news.

United States Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck…

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