In the western training command for the nest 18xmonths Woodward was an instructor in Basic and Advanced training centers in BT13s and AT 6s. He wanted to get into combat and asked for assignment to P 38s and was told his only chance to get in Combat was in B29s. Woodward then flew 100 or so hours in B 17s then to B 29s and joined a crew who would be sent overseas to Siapan where the B29 combat units were stationed.

They were ordered to leave for combat in late July of 1945 . His bride who he had married in early 1944 was headed for her home in Burbank with their baby boy. At this pomt the Atom Bomb was driopped and the War ended so he stayed in the states and became a B29 instructor, flying returning B29 pilots so they could get in their flight time

in October of 1945 Lt. Woodward was discharged as a reserve officer and he stayed in the reserves.

In June of 1950 Capt. Woodward was called back into service for the Korean War and in October of 1950 As a B26 pilot( The B26 was the world War II A 26) he was sent to Korea and in the first few months he flew as a flight test pilot in the maintenance group and flew 5 supply and evacuation missions missions in a C 47. Then into combat as a B 26 pilot. This plane had a single pilot with a seat slightly right and to the rear where the navigator /bombardier sat.. Their major emphasis was night intruder missions and  Capt. Woodward was a lead pilot for most of the 52 missions he flew.  

Captain Woodward got the DFC for a night mission where, because of the terrible weather, only two planes got off the ground and he was the only one to get to the target The Air Force Magazine report on this mission was as follows  " July 14th 1951 In one of the more spectacular night strikes of the War, a single B 26 of the 452nd BG attacked two enemy convoys north of Sinanji in the early morning hours, claiming 68 destroyed or damaged vehicles "

Woodward completed his missions and returned to the States Oct 31st of 1951 and stayed in the reserves until his retirement as a Lt. Colonel in 1971. 

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In 1992 He was awarded a lifetime membership in the California Pharmacists Association for 50 years as a Pharmacist. At 85 years old Woodward still works one day a week as a pharmacist

 April of 1944 Ken married Dorothy, his present wife of 61 years.  They had two sons; Michael and Jerold.  Mike, is a former Captain with Sky West airlines, but he has been with the F.A.A. for the past 15 yrs and is now an Air Carrier Staff Specialist in the Western Pacific Region of the F.A.A.  Mike has two sons.  The oldest, Bill recently received his degree in Fire Sciences from Sierra College and also completed Paramedic training and has been hired by the City of Folsum Fire Dept. as a Paramedic and fire fighter.  Mike's younger son Chris recently received the Eagle Scout award from the Boy Scouts, and is also a straight "A" honor student. Their younger son, Dr. Jerold Woodward is a professor of Immunology at the University of Kentucky Medical School.  Their son, Scott is on his high school golf team and is an honor student.   So Ken and Dorothy have 3 grandchildren. 

Ken and Dorothy like to travel in their fifth wheel and this summer 2006 are headed for Port Hueneme on the California coast where they will spend the summer Golfing and  Fishing and thinking about the good old days. They have a wealth of memories