Enlisted in Gainesville, TX, where he was working in 1942. Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas, Barksdale in Louisiana, Drane Field in Lakeland, and Ft. Myers, Florida, then served at RAF Honington in England from 1942 - November 1945. He returned on the Queen Mary, landing at NY, then heading to Ft. Dix,

NJ. He took a train to Lakeland, FL, before heading back to his family in Dallas. He later joined the Naval Reserve and had some additional training at Ft. Polk, LA.



Last person to interview and photograph Glenn Miller before his untimely death.



Good Conduct Medal