As an injured Jim is carried 15 miles in the snow by Colonel "Howling Mad" Smith, Jim howled like a hound dog with every step. He was later wounded-in-action and awarded a Silver Star while serving in the Korean War with the 24th Infantry Division. However he was soon busted back to PFC when it was discovered he was running a string of pool halls in Busan (a Metropolitan City, in South Korea) and stealing a Major General's car. Īfter being busted to Private he was promoted to Sergeant after conning the North Koreans to exchange a tank for 400 cases of K rations so his encircled unit could escape. He honed his craft at sailing by selling contraband Japanese radios to the Navy guys at Terminal Island ‘under the radar.’ He would sell the tube for $17.25 and earplugs for $20. Rockford served in the Army where he learned sailing.
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