Entrance into Service

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Barnes, Otis Entrance into Service
Otis Barnes was born in Texas. He grew up when times were tight. His father was able to raise vegetables. Times were...
Laughlin, Alexander Entrance into Service
Alexander Laughlin went out west in the summer times. His mother thought he had asthma. He went to St. Paul’s for four...
Wingo, Hugh Entrance into Service
Hugh Wingo was born in August 1918 in South Carolina. When he was 13 years old, they moved to North Carolina. He lived...
Lewis, Claude Entrance into Service
Claude L. Lewis was born in 1922. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global economic depression that...
Donaldson, Buck Entrance into Service
Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....
Rice, Rip Entrance into Service
Rip Rice was born in New York City, New York in April 1924. His family was in the restaurant business in lower...
Donovan, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...
Howard, William Entrance into Service
William Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921. He lived in Fort Worth until he was 11 years old then they moved...
Offenbacher, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...
Burkett, William Entrance into Service
William Burkett was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] was not hard...
Mitchel, Lyle Entrance into Service
Lyle Mitchell met his wife while he was in school at RIT [Annotator’s Note: Rochester Institute of Technology in...
Waldman, Leon Entrance into Service
Leon Waldman enlisted in the Air Force in November 1942. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman talks about different high schools...
Townsend, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...
Solomon, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert M. Solomon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in July 1920. His father was an inspector and they moved to...
Camp, Ray Entrance into Service
Ray Camp was born in December 1924 in Friendship, Tennessee. He lived there on a farm until he got drafted. He received...
Dawson, David Entrance into Service
David Dawson was born in October 1924 in Tampa, Florida. They moved to Gary, Indiana when he was two years old. His...
Daley, Chris Entrance into Service
Chris Daley was born in October 1923 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He grew up in a small town. His father owned a wholesale...
Denault, Leo Entrance into Service
Leo Denault finished school in June and went into the service on 16 August 1943. He went to basic training in Gulfport...
Cox, Neil "Jack" Entrance into Service
Neil Cox thought he was blessed because he was raised on a farm. He grew up working hard and shooting guns. One soldier...
Kays, George Entrance into Service
George Kays was born in July 1915 on a farm outside of Cambridge, Ohio. He went to school in a two-room school. In 1929...
Heim, Henry Entrance into Service
Henry Heim was 17 years old when he went to work in the mine with his father. He shoveled coal into a buggy. His father...
Patton, Grant Entrance into Service
Grant Patton had an amateur radio license. He joined the Naval Reserve Radio Network. He volunteered as a Navy radioman...
Craig, James Entrance into Service
James Craig was born in August 1918 in Tennessee. His father worked for the Beaver Brothers. He did a lot of hauling...
Sledge, Nevin Entrance into Service
Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...
Clark, Merrill Entrance into Service
Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Corson, Eugene Entrance into Service
Eugene Corson was happy to be in the Navy. It was rough. He went to boot camp in Rhode Island at an airbase. He could...
Platkin, Carl Entrance into Service
Carl Platkin was in military school on Pearl Harbor day [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Cravens, Rudy Entrance into Service
Rudy Cravens was born in Tennessee in February 1918. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a global...
Geiger, John Entrance into Service
John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...
Britt, James Entrance into Service
James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...
Asher, Adolph Entrance into Service
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Dearey, Bernard Entrance into Service
Bernard Allen Dearey was sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota for induction, and then went to Fort Sheridan, Illinois for a...
Boeke, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
Leonard, Edward Entrance into Service
Edward J. Leonard was in a National Guard unit that was federalized. They put out a call for volunteers. Leonard had a...
Molen, Herman Entrance into Service
Herman Molen was born in August 1923 in Greenville, Texas. He was studying to be a minister. He was ordained. When the...
Johnson, James Entrance into Service
James Johnson chose the Army because he had a brother lost overboard a ship in 1938. Johnson was the last of 11...

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