In the Army Now

This article appeared in
The Raymond News on 9/30/43

My Dad entered the Army on this day in 1942. Following basic training and a stint at Renken Trade School in St. Louis, he was scheduled to travel to Delaware and join an MP unit that was shipping out to Africa. Due to a mix-up with the orders, the MP unit ended up leaving a few days before he arrived. He was given new orders, and on May 26, 1943 he sailed out of New York Harbor on the Queen Elizabeth, headed for Scotland. He was eventually added as a replacement to the 861st ordinance company. The "mix-up" might have saved his life, as it was reported that many of the members of that MP unit out of Delaware ended up being killed in action.

He spent over two years overseas in England, France, Belgium and Germany, and he documented his trip with "Uncle Sam" on a piece of paper that he kept in his mess kit. Sometime in the early 1990's, he asked me to type it for him (please see below).