The Joint Chiefs of Staff at Itazuke Air Force Base June 1950. The Korean War had just started and the 8th fighter bomber Wing was the first Air Force wing to engage the North Koreans. The JCS from left to right:
Chairman, Gen. Omar Bradley, AF Gen H. Vandenberg, Adm. F. Sherman, Gen J L Collins. At far right is Itazuke Base Commander Col. John Price.

These are old photos from the Korean War. Myself as an airman with the 8th Fighter Bomber Wing at Itazuke Air Force Base in Japan. The second photo is Lt William G, Hudson of Selma, Alabama, left, an F82 pilot and his Radar Observer, Lt Carl S. Fraser of Tampa, Florida, stationed at Itazuke. They were the first to be fired upon the day the war broke out but did not return fire then. On June 27th they returned fire and shot down an IL-2 type North Korean aircraft. This was the first air kill of the Korean war.

I have always enjoyed the work of gifted illustrators. From time to time I enjoy painting those things that I work more as illustrations than fine art. I paint because I enjoy it.