Military service stateside

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Lauderdale, Dell Becoming an Army Military Policeman
Dell Lauderdale went home after completing his service in the Marine Corps. After six months out of the military, he...
Underwood, Antoinette Becoming an Army Nurse
Antoinette Underwood signed up for the Army a day or two after Pearl Harbor. She had to go to West Point for an...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Becoming an Army Nurse
Josephine Reeves was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1919. Growing up, Reeves attended the West Catholic...
Scheerer, Richard Becoming an Army Officer
Richard Scheerer was on the streets of Little Rock when he learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was...
Hairston, Joseph Becoming an Army Officer
Joseph Hairston ended up going to artillery school. The rest of the Army was segregated, however, OCS [Annotator's Note...
Winter, William Becoming an Infantry Officer
For William Winter, basic training was different [Annotator's Note: different than his previous experiences at Ole Miss...
Viani, Bruno Becoming an Officer
Bruno Viani was asked by his company commander if he would consider applying for OCS [Annotator's Note: Office...
Tweed, Earl Becoming an Officer
Earl Tweed enlisted in the 29th Infantry Regiment in a heavy weapons company. He trained on all the various weapons...
Weatherwax, Clarence "Uncle Herb" Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Herbert Weatherwax was drafted into the military when he was 24 years old. He had a problem with alcohol while he was...
Long, Catherine Being a Nurse in the WAVES
Catherine Long had boot training in the Navy. Her parents had no objection to her joining the service. Her father was...
Cervantes, Enrique "Henry" Being a PX Officer
Enrique Cervantes was the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange] officer for Lowry Airbase in Denver, Colorado. There...
VanDuzer, Raymond Being an Army Medic
Raymond VanDuzer was inducted into the service then sent to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was not sure what he wanted...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Being Court Martialed
At Wendover, there was a base regulation stating that there was never to be any ammunition present in an aircraft until...
Long, Donald Black Cat Squadron
Donald Long and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 12 (VP-12)] were transferred to the group that became...
Templet, Robert Paul Boot Camp and a Year on Prewar Oahu
Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...
Chinnis, Edward Boot Camp and Radio School
Edward Chinnis enlisted in the Navy on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1942] in Raleigh, North Carolina then...
Shannahan, Claude Bougainville then Back to the US
Claude Shannahan joined the 3rd Marines [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division]. He went with the...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Camp Kilmer
At Sioux City, the ground crew was completing their training and going on last leaves. One day, the first sergeant...
Keller, Richard Command and General Staff School
While Richard Keller was in Miami he got a phone call from a major asking if Keller wanted to go to the Command and...
Russell, Patrick Composite Squadron 92 (VC-92) and Beyond
Following the end of the war, Patrick Russell flew in other carrier squadrons [Annotator's Note: after Composite...
Phillips, Sidney Crossing the United States
Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....
Hatch, Norman Declaration of War
Norman Hatch was asleep at his place in New York on the morning of 7 December 1941. He had preset his radio to turn on...
Tate, Gary Deployment to India
Gary Tate was born in December 1924 and graduated from high school at 16 years old before the Japanese bombed Pearl...
Hatch, Norman Deployment to the Pacific
Norman Hatch finished his photography training in New York City sometime in April 1942 then returned to Quantico,...
Smith, Rothacker Discharge
Despite his excitement at being liberated from German custody, Rothacker Smith knew he was to return to a racist and...
Swanson, Richard Discharge and Postwar Life
[Annotator's Note: Richard Swanson was assigned to the USCGC Comanche (WPG-76) on escort duty for the troop transport...
Dean, Donald Discharge and the G.I. Bill
From China, the USS Balduck (ADP-132) took Donald Dean and the rest of the crew back to Okinawa, then to Hawaii,...
Ikari, Norman Drafted Soon After Pearl Harbor
Norman Ikari recalls Pearl Harbor very well. It was a Sunday morning and Ikari was sitting in his house in East Los...
Marcus, Bernard Drone Development and Testing
In early 1954, Bernard Marcus was visited by a colonel with the Signal Corps in Washington. The officer had been told...
Alison, John R. Early Flight Experiences
At Langley airbase, John Alison switched over to P-36 [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-36 Hawk] pursuit aircraft. In a...
Fisher, Clayton Early Life
Clayton Fisher has a friend named Roy Russell who served in the same bomb group, Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8), who is...
Curl, Robert "Bob" Early Life
Robert Lewis Curl was born in 1925 in Warrior, Alabama. He had two brothers and one sister. All his siblings were...
Peterson, Carl Early Life
Carl Peterson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma. He had three brothers and a sister and when his mother remarried he got...
Russell, Patrick Early Life
Patrick Russell was born in Minneapolis in 1919. His wife was born there as well. He attended 14 different schools...
Curtis, William W. Early Life and Basic Training
William Curtis was born in 1921 in a shack five miles outside of Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the Martinville Community....
Higgins, Malcom Early Life and Becoming a B-17 Pilot
Malcolm Hershel Higgins was born in April 1921. He was delivered by his grandfather. His father was a World War 1...

Pages