Word: 136th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...active in the Reserves between the wars, and, in 1940, when most of his fellow Wall Streeters were moving to their first jobs in Washington, he was called to active duty as a colonel. Asking for combat duty, he was eventually sent to the Pacific in command of the 136th Infantry Regiment, but when he got to Hawaii, he was called back by the Pentagon to supervise the growing problem of contract terminations...
Last May, Texas' 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing, commanded by Colonel Prendergast, was ordered to Korea. It was the first Air National Guard unit of wing size to reach Korea, and it racked up a good combat record: 2 MIGs positive, 5 probable, 50 damaged...