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I'm Ken Harbaugh, host of Warriors in Their Own Words.

In partnership with the Honor Project, we've brought this podcast back at a time when our nation needs

these stories more than ever.

Warriors in their own words

is our attempt to present an unvarnished,

unsanitized truth

of what we have asked of those who defend this nation.

Thank you for listening,

and by doing so honoring those who have served.

Today, we'll hear from Lieutenant Colonel Hank Butlerman.

Bottle served in the Korean War as a fighter pilot, flying the F-86 Sabre,

and at 24, he became the youngest ace of the war.

Thank you. I graduated in pilot training class 52 easy in August of 1952.

And at that time, we knew we were going to Korea. And I went on to advanced gunnery training at Nellus Air Force Base. And when we got to Nellis, they didn't have a full

complement of 86. So I started my initial training in the P80. They had both aircraft there,

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