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Jackie Cochran: War
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Fourteen years her senior, Floyd Odlum was everything Jackie longed to be: successful, fun-loving and confident. He was ... married with children, but Jackie was unaware of that complication as she launched into a dinner conversation with him. She earnestly regailed Floyd with her ambitions and convictions; bubbling over over with hopes, dreams and opinions. Her energy and enthusiasm were contagious and highly appealing to a man bored by the idle chatter of society women. When Jackie confided that she was considering selling cosmetics on the road, Floyd warned that the economic depression would make success a tall order. He advised that she might get an advantage over her competition by learning to fly.
Jackie remained active in the USAF reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel. In 1953 she visited Tokyo again on an inspection tour. After her tour of Japan she visited the Tactical Air Command bases in South Korea. The Korean War caught America off guard but the Army and the Air Force worked successfully together. The Air Force matured into a solid service and was now a jet air force. Many Air Force pilots became aces during the Korean War while many WWII aces added to their aerial victories.
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Cochran served as a foreign correspondent at the end of the war covering the Japanese surrender and Nuremberg trials. Thereafter, she returned to flying, continuing to set aviation records. An intimate of Presidents Johnson and Eisenhower, she long continued to be influential in business and politics.
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