blcms as his reason for retiring.He began his military career as a private in the U.S. Army on July 31, 1959, and has participated since then in several levels of military service, except for the years he attended college.He served a tour of duty in Korea, as well as stints in Colorado, California and Georgia. His active duty time included duly in the infantry, the Chaplain's Corp and Military Personnel Supervision.During his active service, he was awarded the Army CommendationMedal, Army Good Conduct Medal (two awards), the National Defense Medal, the Army Training Ribbon, the Non-Commissioned Officers Development Ribbon, the Overseas Services Medal and the Air Assault Medal from the lllh Air Assault Division.McWhorter joined the local unit of the Texas State Guard in Oc tober 19X2 as Company Commander of the Brown fie Id Company and servedPolice Report