After this tour, he graduated from the Liaison Pilot School in Waco, Texas. He retuned to Fort Sill for training in adjusting Field Artillery fire from Liaison aircraft. After a short tour with the 3rd Army Calvary Regiment at Fort Meade, Maryland, he volunteered for combat in Korea. Folks at the Pentagon thought he was nuts but Bailey pointed out he missed WWII because he was attending the United States Military Academy. The hardest part to his going to Korea was leaving his wife, Tommye Lou of Texas, after only 18 months of wedded bliss.

Retiring from the US Army in 1966, he obtained an MS degree at Penn State in ’67 and D.Ed (with EE Minor) at NCSU in 75. An EE technology instructor at Wake Tech CC in Raleigh for 25 years, after retiring from the US Army, wrote many technical articles for professional magazines.

Organizations, Affiliations & Awards

Who's Who, USMA1945,W4FMN(ExtraClass), Nat'l Sojourners, Retired Army Vet, Marathoner. Silver Star Korea '50, IEEE, Pet Shop Owner 5 yrs, Educator, Order of the Long Leaf Pine, History Buff, and Field Artillery professional.

Our hero, deployed to Korea, and what he did there is the subject of the thriller, Firing And Flying for the Field Artillery in Korea. Please Buy and read on.

Authors Book Description

My book is about the Korean War. Old and out of date? No, not at all. One who studies history realizes all wars from Genghis Kahn through Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Robert E. Lee and General Douglas MacArthur follow the same track even though one used spears, another ballista’s, and on to the sophisticated weapons we have today. But the men who fought these wars had much in common, i.e. highly trained in the combat skills used then, hoping to survive with no thoughts of deserting, worries about the next rations and sack time, carefully watching over weapons re-supply, and ‘counting the days’. Describes the difference between the driving Mongolian hordes and the maniacal Chinese charging the allied guns in freezing Korea, - the battle of Cannae in 312 BC and the slaughter of our troops on November 28th 1950 in again, Korea.

So reading my book is conducive to learning even more about US history, soldier’s lives, tough battles, simple victories, ‘How’s Chow’ and how good were the Generals. Readers will marvel how, again, put simply, tremendously outnumbered Allied forces not only survived but, ‘Pushed ‘Em Back’. And at this time, after decades, what was the biggest reason? The powerful, always ready, highly accurate, fast moving US field Artillery. Please Buy and read on.

Earlier editions of Firing And Flying for the Field Artillery in Korea are available at most well-known bookstores in hardcover for $ 25.00 and Softcover for $ 20.00. If you find that it is unavailable, please contact the author who will be happy to mail them to you (hardcover for $ 25.00 or Softcover for $ 20.00) postage paid.