Jim Byers' Korean War had its share of adventure
Jim Byers didn't fly a sleek F-86 Sabre jet into "MiG Alley" to shoot down enemy planes. He was a draftsman, a support troop in the Korean War. One of more than 5.7 million "average Joes" who served there. The ones most Americans have forgotten.
But he left his mark. It wasn't a red star painted on the side of a jet, the sign of an aerial kill. His role was just a small part of the total effort that helped the Air Force win the ...