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JW Graham's
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October 16, 1940 - Registered
in the draft
July 25, 1941 - Physical Examination
August 6, 1941 - Classified 1-A Draft #2212
October 21, 1941 - Traveled by train to Peoria, IL
Enlisted in the Army Air Corps
October 1941- Train to Camp Grant- Rockford, IL
November 1941 - Train to Jefferson Barracks - St. Louis,
MO
November 1941 - Train to Kessler Field - Biloxi, MS
December 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor attacked- US
declares War
March 1942 - Train to Tyndall Field - Panama City,
FL
May 1942 - Train to MacDill Field - Tampa, FL
June 1942 - Train to Walla Walla, WA
June 1942 - Truck to Redmond, OR
August 1942 - Train to Fort Dix, NJ
September 1942 - Train to New York, NY
Septmber 1942 - Ship "Queen Mary" to Greenock,
Scotland
September 1942 - Train Glascow, Scotland to Kimbolton,
England
October 1942 - Truck to Bassingbourn,
England
July 1945 - Traveled
by B-17 to Iceland to Bangor, ME to
Windsorlocks, CT
July 1945 - Train to Drew Field-St. Petersburg, FL
August 1945 - Flew in C-47 to Chicago, IL
Septmber 15, 1945 - Discharged at Fort Sheridon, IL
September 18, 1947- The U.S. Air Force is established
as a separate service, with W. Stuart Symington as first Secretary.Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz, Commanding General of the AAF, becomes first Chief
of Staff on Sept. 26.
