Ride to the Sound of the Guns : The Life of a Cold War Warrior, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Theodore C. Mataxis

the atomic bombs were dropped. He returned to Europe for occupation duty, seeing the start of the Cold War in Berlin. In 1950, he attended the Indian Army Staff College then served in Kashmir with the United Nation Peacekeeping Mission. He then volunteered for the Korean War where he commanded a regiment, at the age of 36, during the bitter campaigns of Triangle, T-Bone, and Pork Chop Hills. This was followed by an early tour in Vietnam as Senior Advisor to the ARVN Commanding General of II Corps for the 16 months that heralded the escalation of the fighting by the introduction of the regiments of the North Vietnamese regular army. Upon the arrival of American troops in February 1966, he became the Deputy Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. After serving in Iran, he volunteered to go to Vietnam for a second tour, serving as Assistant Division Commander and then as Acting Division Commander. In 1971, with one daynotice, he was assigned as Chief of the Military Equipment Delivery Team

for Cambodia (MEDT-C). He retired from there in 1972. During the SovietAfghan War, he became the field representative/coordinator for A Committee for a Free Afghanistan, spending time behind the lines with the Mujahedeen where he was known as The Old American General who brought them Stinger Missiles. When he became too old to run with the young dogs, he finished out his years as a professor for American Military University sharing his experiences and mentoring young military personnel. [Publisher's Text]