"Any way we can help, we'll do it," Colonel Parker said.

"I would like to suggest that you put of any action with regard to resignation for a while," Colonel Parker said.

"I hate to say this, because it might give hope where there is none," Colonel Parker said.

Colonel Parker elected to employ the aircraft for column control.

Colonel Parker shouted at the gunner who had let fly with the burst.

It's why he wasn't able to stop people like Colonel Parker from taking advantage of him.

The next day, Colonel Parker's office received a similar warning over the phone.

Colonel Parker, 43, would have become the state's first black superintendent.

Had he accepted the job, Colonel Parker, 43, would have become the first black to command the 2,700-member force.

"Two things are about to happen," Colonel Parker said.