"When I went in the service, I viewed it as an adventure. I never stopped viewing it as an adventure. There were times that I was really scared and worried and everything else, but it was still an adventure." (Audio Interview, 42:53)

Paul A. Bradley

Paul Bradley standing in front of the B-26 on which he flew [1953] War: Korean War, 1950-1953 Branch: Air Force Unit: 5th Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC) Service Location: Kumsan, Korea; Bangor, Maine; Lackland Air Force Base and St. Angelo, Texas; Greenville, Mississippi; Mather Field Sacramento, California; Langley Field, Virginia; Stead Air Force Base Reno, Nevada Rank: First Lieutenant Place of Birth: NY

After he enlisted in the Air Force and washed out of cadet training, Paul Bradley went to Officer Candidate School and trained to become a navigator and then a bombardier. In Korea, he rode in the nose of a B-26, mostly at night, "looking for targets of opportunity" as an observer (navigator-bombardier). Navigating in nearly total darkness was a challenge, and finding those targets was another. Bradley was still in Korea at the time of the truce, whose terms--and the repatriation of prisoners--he has strong opinions on. After the war, he continued flying, but now it was as a navigator on refueling missions for the Strategic Air Command.