Short Straw is a tremendous book written by Captain Bernard W. Peterson about the Korean War.

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Captain George W. Parker, my very dear friend. As a captain in Korea, G. W. Was flying F9F panther jets from the Marines/ South Korean base at Pohang Dong, K3.
He flew with the VMF-311. G.W. later retired from the Marine Corps in the early 1960's. He went on to get his doctorate in Economics and was a professor at the University of Mississippi until retirement in the mid 1980's. He served his country with honor and distinction.

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