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as an advisor in the early 60's and then 66-67 flew cargo in Vietnam.
Yes, military intelligence was probably part of his later career, especially when he was an advisor in Vietnam, but I wasn't around when he was doing his Korea thing.
Looks like they spent alot time in the snow up there! For my dad, the AF was a way to escape home. He got into OTS and air cadet school. My dad's class was in a movie and Gus Grissom was in his air cadet class.
And it looked like with the younger guys (like him) the focus was on flight skills. In flight school it was the fighter guys versus the large planes. The fighter guys were the "macho" and "dare devils" according to my dad. My dad went with the large planes.
I got the impression that during Korea, he was truly focused on flying his B29, completing his missions accurately and wasn't too concerned with the North Korean ideology. (I'm sure he learned something about it, but the focus was always on the skill for pilots) It was a job for him. Safety, skills and accuracy.
When he came back to the states, they sent him to college and gave him a choice: Meteorology or cartography. He chose meteorology and he was the base meteorologist when we were little kids. He was very focused on his skills and brought home tons of scrapped maps every night. Us kids had an endless supply of paper to color on. He was a super fun dad and easy going.
My dad got more political as time went on. After he came back from Vietnam in 1967 he had an "attitude".
My dad is in this scene.
And this one:
He's in a few others, but I don't have the time to watch the whole thing!
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