- He was a decorated naval officer and a teacher at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
- Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
- Owned property near Tahiti.
- Died on a tennis court after winning the game.
- "Sarkhan", the sequel to his successful novel "The Ugly American", was suppressed by the CIA because its plot described an ongoing CIA operation in Southeast Asia. The CIA thought Burdick and his co-author, William J. Lederer, had gained access to top-secret documents. In actuality, the authors had made it all up.
- The last years of his life were lived in Berkeley, California.
- Served in the US Navy during WW II as a fighter pilot. Awarded the Marine Cross and Navy Cross.
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