Went to Coyne Electrical School in 1940; joined the Signal Corps Reserve shortly after Pearl Harbor; radar school at Camp Crowder, Illinois; training to become a radar technician; airborne radar school at Camp Murphy, Florida; problems with eyesight as a barrier to advancement; unit sent to North Africa; transferred to China/Burma/India Theater; impressions of Calcutta; stayed in India until discharged in 1946; use of the GI Bill at Jacksonville State Teacher
