This is not a complete history. My father volunteered in July 1943 and went to boot camp at Farragut in Idaho. After a brief leave he went to San Diego to radar school. From there he went east and was placed on the USS Garfield, a destroyer escort. On the ship they went on one practice run to Bermuda. They then escorted a new aircraft carrier to Brazil. Finally he went on a convoy mission to Africa. At that time as the radarman he did see enemy planes on his screen. After this mission he was in radio school. First he attended school in Clarksville, Arkansas. After this he went to Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. Shortly after completing school he was released from active duty and was part of the reserves. As noted in the honorable discharge he was released form the reserved in September 1948.
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