GALLERY: Pence eulogizes great American aviator Chuck Yeager
Vice president Mike Pence salutes during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Vice president Mike Pence speaks during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Vice president Mike Pence speaks beside an empty chair that was placed on the stage for Gen. Chuck Yeager's during a memorial service held at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
An empty chair was placed on the stage of Gen. Chuck Yeager's Memorial Service held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center Friday afternoon for a tribute of the late fighter pilot. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald)
People embrace during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
88th Air Base Wing Honor Guard fold an American flag during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Victoria Yeager places her hand on her heart as she speaks about her husband Chuck Yeager during a memorial service held at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Victoria Yeager, wife of the late Chuck Yeager, carries her husbands urn on her back while she gets hugged by Vice President Mike Pence during a memorial service honoring her husband at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97.(Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Vice president Mike Pence speaks during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Gov. Jim Justice, right, watches Vice president Mike Pence waves as he leaves the memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
USAF Heritage of American Band perform taps during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Victoria Yeager, wife of late Chuck Yeager, receives an American flag from the 88th Air Base Wing Honor Guard, during a memorial service held at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Vice president Mike Pence waves as he leaves during a memorial service honoring Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
Vice president Mike Pence leaving after a memorial service honoring Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager at the Charleston Coliseum Convention Center Friday afternoon. On October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound thus enabling mankind to go into space. Yeager died last month at the age of 97. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald
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