| 28 Oct., 1942 | AAFD Advanced Flying School, Blytheville, Ark (Enlistment) |
| 2 Nov., 1942 | Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Ark (Processing) |
| 4 Nov., 1942 | Attached 704 Arfates, Blytheville, Ark (Basic) |
| 13 Jan., 1943 | Promoted to Corporal |
| 14 Jan., 1943 | AAF Technical Training School, Gulfport, Miss. Aircraft Mech. Sch. |
| 16 June, 1943 | AAFTYC Chevrolet Motor Car Co., Detroit, Michigan. Engine Specialist on Pratt and Whitney R 1800 Aircraft engine. |
| 19 July, 1943 | 1st AAF Base Unit, Fourth Staff, Squadron, Washington D.C. A.P. Mech. Desk job with unit Records office. |
| 28 June, 1944 | Promoted to Sgt. |
| 5 Nov., 1944 | To Replacement Depot, Greensboro, N.C. |
| 25 Dec., 1944 | Replacement Depot, Greensboro, N.C. |
| 26-29 Dec., 1944 | Enroute by train to Repd. Depot. Camp Anza, Riverside, Ca. |
| 30 Dec., 1944 | Camp Anza, California, Wait for transport. |
| 10 Jan., 1945 | Boarded U.S.S. General McRae, dest. unknown. |
| 11 Jan., 1945 | Departed Port of Los Angeles, dest. unknown. |
| 22 Jan., 1945 | Our troopship went the southerly route to India as it traveled unescorted and the war still raged in the Pacific. Crossed International Date Line. Stop over later at Melbourne, Australia for supplies on the way to Calcutta. |
| 20 Feb., 1945 | (Birthday present) Docked in Hoogly River. Calcutta, India. |
| 21 Feb., 1945 | Disembarked and to 148th Replacement Co. (AAC) Cansharapara, Calcutta, India |
| 14 March, 1945 | Left Cansharapara for Agra, U.P., India, south of Delhi by railroad. |
| 16 March, 1945 | Central India Air Depot; 82 Depot Repair Squad, (747 Mech. MOS) |
| 6 April, 1945 | Assigned to ground crew C-46 Area for maintenance |
| 1 Oct., 1945 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant |
| 14 Nov., 1945 | Good Conduct Medal |
| 6 Jan., 1946 | In charge of a group of 21 Enlisted Men who went to visit Mission projects at Clancy High School at Mathura (Muttra) and a Hospital at Urindavan nearby. Rev. Wood Whetstone, a Methodist missionary at the school had served the Agra Base as Volunteer Chaplain. |
| Jan. 1946 | Long weekend trip by train to Jaipur, a major city west of Agra. |
| 4 March, 1946 | Replacement Depot No. 3; 142nd Gen. Hosp. at Cansharapara. |
| 19 March, 1946 | (Tues) Boarded U.S.S. Marine Jumper (3000 GI's & officers--no women) for trip to U.S.A. |
| 20 March, 1946 | (Wed) Moved into Hoogly River & dropped anchor to await high tide. |
| 21 March, 1946 | (Thurs) Anchor raised--steamed down river. |
| 22 March, 1946 | (Fri) British pilot & his bearer left ship. Entered that A.M. the Bay of Bengal and left India. |
| 23 March, 1946 | (Sat) Passed mountain peaks of Narcodan Island. |
| 24 March, 1946 | (Sun) Mountainous coast of Malaya was visible as ship cruised thru Straits of Malacca & towards evening numerous islands announced our arrival in the Strait of Singapore. We anchored in the bay and the lights of Singapore were visible. ``Crossroads of the World.'' |
| 25 March, 1946 | (Mon P.M.) Ship left Singapore harbor and was soon in the South China Sea. Making good time in calm water between French Indo-China and Sarawak. Reduced rations (poor quality--water rationing). |
| 29 March, 1946 | (Fri) Detour to Manila for food. Ship turned to east and into Manila Bay during night. Surface of bay pierced by masts of sunken Jap ships. Shoreline was visible and that night a million dollar fire blazed there. |
| 31 March, 1946 | Sunday at dawn we headed westward. Corregidor was passed with the Bataan Pennisula in the background. Cameras recorded spots made famous by the troops of MacArthur and Wainwright the Spring of 1942. |
| Out of Manila Bay the ship turned north. A typhoon was raging in the Marianas as we steamed up the west coast of Luzon, soon bucking a fifty mile an hour gale. The waves mounted as the northern point of Luzon was rounded and the Phillipines left behind. Decks were empty as seasick troops stayed below. | |
| 4 April, 1946 | (Thurs) More troops on deck. Japanese Island of Sofu was 52 miles away. Continued food shorgage. Cmdr. announced that stores were not sufficient in Manila. Would be reported in Seattle. BIG HELP! |
| 8 April, 1946 | (Mon) Halfway mark passed in voyage home. |
| 9 April, 1946 | (Tues. 1st) at 0523 hours we crossed International Date Line. ``Horned'' floating mine sited 50 feet off port side. |
| 9 April, 1946 | (Tues 2nd) Temperature declined. Jellyfish, seaweed and albatrosses visible. |
| 10 April, 1946 | Headed NE on 2nd circle of route. |
| 11 April, 1946 | (Thursday) Debarkation ``dry run.'' |
| 12-13 April, 1946 | (Friday-Sat) Thoughts increasingly of home, of Roosevelt's death a year ago. Mileage to Seattle now in three figures. |
| 14 April, 1946 | After 27 days and 9400 nautical miles, the U.S.A. Juan de Fuca Straits. A pilot comes aboard for the 61 mile, 4 to 5 hour run to Seattle. Debarkation, trucks to Fort Lawton, Wa. |
| 15-16 April, 1946 | Fort Lawton (Seattle). Waiting for train. |
| 17-19 April, 1946 | Train to North Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 20-22 April, 1946 | Camp Chaffee, Ark. Processing for end, terminating in transfer to Army Air Corps Reserve, Enlisted Reserve Corps, S/Sgt. |
| 23 April, 1946 | Enlisted Reserve Corps, Memphis. |
| 26 Sept., 1947 | U.S. Air Corps Reserve. |
| 22 April, 1949 | Transfer to U.S. National Guard, S/Sgt. Ammunition Officer |
| 12 Dec., 1949 | National Guard. Promoted to 2nd Lt., Ammunition Officer |
| 1 May, 1951 | National Guard. 2nd Lt. Ammunition Officer, 30th Armd. Ord. Battalion, 30th Armd. Div., Tennessee National Guard, Jackson, Tenn. |
| 15 Feb., 1952 | National Guard. 1st Lt. Ammunition Officer. |
| 1 Dec., 1954 | National Guard. 1st Lt., Co. Cmdr. Co. A, 30th A.O.B., 30th Armd. Div. |
| 28 Feb., 1959 | National Guard. Armament and Artillery Sec., Co. A. Artillery Regt. Officer. |
| 19 Aug., 1959 | National Guard. Shop Officer, Co. C Fwd. Support. |
| 1 Dec., 1962 | USAR Con. Gp. (Reinf) XII U.S. Army Corps, Atlanta, Ga. USAR Con. Gp. (Retired) USAR Center, St. Louis, Mo. |