HE ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JULY 6, 1943. HE COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL WRIGHT JUNIOR COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND RADIO MATERIALS) STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA AND ADVANCED RADIO SCHOOL AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
HE WAS ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED WITH, IN TURN, AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRONS 10, 9 AND 12; AND NAVAL AIR STATION OLATHE, KANSAS.
HE EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION RADIO TECHNICIAN FIRST CLASS ON APRIL 8, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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HE ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JULY 6, 1943. HE COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL WRIGHT JUNIOR COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY AND RADIO MATERIALS) STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA AND ADVANCED RADIO SCHOOL AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
HE WAS ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED WITH, IN TURN, AIR TRANSPORT SQUADRONS 10, 9 AND 12; AND NAVAL AIR STATION OLATHE, KANSAS.
HE EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION RADIO TECHNICIAN FIRST CLASS ON APRIL 8, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
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