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Soon after midnight, the cabin door of a C-135 Stratolifter slammed shut behind Major General Edwin Burba, commander of the U.S. Army's "Hell on Wheels" 2nd Armored Division...
...Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment. As G-3 (Operations) and later as a 3rd Division Intelligence officer for 14 months, John came under Communist mortar fire, earned his Combat Infantryman's Badge and a Bronze Star, won high praise from his superiors. Reported one of them, Colonel Edwin H. Burba: "He's a very competent, long-headed individual with a quick, analytical mind...