then i went to japan and i came back to the states and went to victorville california -- well korea started and i was in japan. we immediately started flying missions, the next day after the invasion and i flew 126 missions in the f-80 and then rotated back to japan and i started flying the day after the invasion started and i had 126 missions by december, by christmas day, december 25. in the meantime, the wing commander had been asking and air force command for a cutoff in the number of missions. finally as it came down 100 missions so i did not have to fly anymore, rotated back to japan that was in december 1950, i came back to the states in april 1951 and went to george air force base in victorville california and from there, i was a assistant operations officer instrument instructor pilot, and test pilot. i have to say i did not have any problems during my whole career in the military as far as being a minority, none whatsoever, even the guys that were in the squadron in japan, the ones that said they would not fly with us, they found out that we were good, we were very good. we were b