More to Come

Tommy Thompson’s first assignment in the new Air Force is to the Army’s Intelligence Officer School followed by the paratrooper jump course at Fort Benning, Georgia. His selection by Bob Smith, a super spook out of Washington, was based on the perception that Thompson was the luckiest S.O.B. to have served in the U.S. Army. Luck is needed for the adventures in Korea both on the ground and in the air.

His wife Peggy can’t believe he would voluntarily jump out of perfectly good airplanes but h...