ENLISTED AT BARKSDALE AIR BASE SEPT. 17, 1940. DISCHARGED AT CAMP SHELBY OCT. 5, 1945, AS S/SGT. LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA JAN. 31, 1942. ARRIVED BRISBANE GUEENLAND, AUSTRALIA FEB 27, 1942. MOVED TO CHARTER TOWER, QUEENSLAND FEB 10, 1942. MOVED TO PORT MORSBY, NEW GUINIA, NOV. 1943. MOVED TO NABNAZ, NEW GUINEA. JULY 1944. MOVED TO CLARK FIELD, PHILLIPINES AUG. 1945. SERVED MY ENTIRE TIME IN THE 47TH. SERVICE SQDN.IN AUSTRAILA WE WERE CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE 5TH. AIR FORCE AND REMAINED IN THAT ASSIGNMENT UNTIL I WAS DISCHARGED.