| 28 July 1943 | Inducted into the US Army Air Corps Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| August 1943 | Basic training Miami Beach, Flordia Training delayed 70 days due to hernia surgery |
| December 1943 | Arrived at Chanute Field, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Cryptography School Cryptography instructor |
| June/July 1944 | Assigned to Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky Assigned to 347th Airdrome Squadron Promoted to PFC |
| 14 August 1944 | Relocated to Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana Selected to be a squadron lecturer Promoted to CPL |
| 4 October 1944 | Squadron took train West--destination was still classified and unknown Train stopped in Hutchinson, Kansas, around midnight--station was about 5 blocks from wife's, Hetty, house |
| 7 October 1944 | Arrived at Camp Anza, Arlington, California Promoted to SGT |
| 19 October 1944 | Ship departed for overseas |
| 7 November 1944 | Arrived in Melborne, Australia Remained in port two days |
| 23 November 1944 | Arrived in Bombay, India |
| 28 November 1944 | Departed Bombay, India, on train Arrived at final destination in trucks |
| 3 December 1944 | Arrived at Tulihal Air Strip, Imphal, India Wrote daily newsletter for the squadron Received two passes to Calcutta, India Visited Chittagong, India Promoted to S/SGT |
| 1 February 1945 | Relocated to Dohazari, India Located with British 14th Army Group flew supplies to Meiktila Received one pass to Calcutta, India |
| 15 May 1945 | Relocated to Hathazari, India C-47s exchanged for C-46s Ran an errand to Chittagong, India |
| 1 September 1945 | Left Hathazari, India One day stop-over at Kunming, China |
| 2 September 1945 | Arrived at Liuchow, China Assigned to 14th US Air Force Broke arm on landing |
| 4 September 1945 | Released from 347th Airdrome Squadron Returned to Kunming, China Arm became infected, entered the hospital at Kunming |
| September 1945 | Flew over the Hump to Chabua Flew on to Karachi, India |
| 1 October 1945 | Sailed from Karachi, India |
| 22 October 1945 | Arrived in New York Had sailed through Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean |
| 27 October 1945 | Arrived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Received Honorable Discharge |
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  (REVERSE) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal   (REVERSE) |
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| India-Burma | China Defensive | Central Burma | China Offensive |
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| Communications Officer | 1LT Seymour Stearns |
| Communications NCOIC | T/SGT Roland "Chief" Strathman |
| Cryptography Section | S/SGT Ralph Stutzman MOS 805 |
| SGT Warren Phelps From West Virginia | |
| CPL Vernon Gatewood From Arkansas |
