Because of my arm I probably could have been exempted from service during WWII, but I didn’t try it. I was inducted and went in through camp Perry. I was assigned to the fifth service command at fort Hays. I was there until I went to officer candidate school. That must have been in about 1939 or 1940.

Then I went back to fort Hays where I was assigned to the Fletcher general hospital as a second lieutenant. There I was a Custodial officer charged with taking care of all the equipment in the hospital. There were 3 one-half mile-long ramps, so I had to do a lot of walking.

My wife and age to get herself assigned to Fletcher general hospital to do her fieldwork before she graduated. Then I went back to fort Hays and remained there until I was separated from the service as a first lieutenant. That’s about it.