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A Look Into An Intelligence Officer's Exciting Thirty Year Career.

Memoirs of a Cold War Colonel reflects a myriad of assignments and responsibilities undertaken by Col MacArthur through his thirty year career (1959-1989). He plotted and planned against our adversaries while stationed in Germany (three times), Thailand, Turkey, Alaska, and the Pentagon. These Memoirs also unveil how military family life is affected by the constant travel and pressure while military personnel are serving our nation.

When the Soviets announced they were going to close all air traffic from the West to Berlin, our conventionally loaded F-100's were ordered out of the Alert Area to the main runway and stand down there with engines off. Not long after, the order was passed for the pilots to man their aircraft, after which simultaneously all four engines roared on. It was chilling!