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In 1942, at the age of thirty-six, Mayborn enlisted in the Army as a public relations officer. In 1944, he joined the staff of General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] as assistant chief of the U.S. public relations office. He received a [[Bronze Star]] and left military service as a major in 1945. He remained active in military matters, having served on the civilian advisory board for most of the commanders at Fort Hood. In 1968, he accompanied an old acquaintance, General Bruce Clarke, to the former [[South Vietnam]] on a fact-finding tour. On his return, he reported to [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] on the reliability of the controversial M16 rifle. In 1979, Mayborn was rewarded for his contributions to the Army when he was named the recipient of the Creighton W. Abrams Medal, named for the second U.S. commander in the [[Vietnam War]], for his contributions to the Army.​<ref name=bio/>

In 1942, at the age of thirty-six, Mayborn enlisted in the Army as a public relations officer. In 1944, he joined the staff of General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] as assistant chief of the U.S. public relations office. He received a [[Bronze Star]] and left military service as a major in 1945. He remained active in military matters, having served on the civilian advisory board for most of the commanders at Fort Hood. In 1968, he accompanied an old acquaintance, General Bruce Clarke, to the former [[South Vietnam]] on a fact-finding tour. On his return, he reported to [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] on the reliability of the controversial M16 rifle. In 1979, Mayborn was rewarded for his contributions to the Army when he was named the recipient of the Creighton W. Abrams Medal, named for the second U.S. commander in the [[Vietnam War]], for his contributions to the Army.​<ref name=bio/>

==Political activities==​

==Political activities==

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Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson,  [[Governor]] [[John  Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (since the Department of Health and Human Services), and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates.​<ref name=bio/>

Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson,  [[Governor]] [[John  Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (since the Department of Health and Human Services), and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates.​<ref name=bio/>

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