SMSGT ALLEN I. BRAZELTON (USAF RETIRED) – ASSIGNMENT HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

1 Jan 1942 Left Phillips, WI by train for Ashland WI for eye exam; then took train

onto Wausau, WI the next day

2 Jan 1942 Enlisted in Army Air Corps in Wausau, WI; after testing departed by

train for Camp Grant, IL

5 Jan 1942 Reported for Basic Training at Jefferson Barracks, MO

Feb – Apr 1942 Clerk, 312th Air Service Group, Jackson, MS

May – Dec 1942 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, Columbia, SC

Dec 42 – Apr 1943 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, Lakeland, FL

13 May- 12 Jun 1943 Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, RAF Earls Colne,

England

13 Jun – Nov 1943 Hq Squadron Sgt. Major, 312th Air Service Group, 94th Bomb Group

(Heavy), RAF Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, England

Dec 43 – Mar 1945 First Sgt. (promoted to MSgt on 1 Jan 44), 453rd Sub-Depot, RAF

Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, England

Apr – July 1945 Group Sgt. Major, 312th Air Base Group, RAF Rougham, Bury St.

Edmunds, England

July 1945 Detached to 711th Bomb Sq., 447th Bomb Gp, RAF Rattlesden for out-

processing; returned to RAF Rougham after one day with 447th BG

POST WAR

Jul –Dec 1945 Returned to CONUS (Camp McCoy, WI) – on leave & processing to

return to Europe; Separation from initial enlistment was at Camp

McCoy on 20 Oct 1945

Jan – Apr 1946 Married in Scotland, on leave & processing for assignment to Germany