Albert was drafted out of college in November 1942 at the age of 20. He eventually attained the rank of captain.
Albert was in the Pacific theater, specifically on the islands of Guam and Tinian, and the capital of the Philippines, Manila.
He was the motor pool supervisor that was responsible for getting crewmembers onto B-29’s that were tasked to bomb Japan.
Tinian was the island that the B-29’s, Enola Gay, and Bock’s Car took off from to drop the atomic bombs on Japan that ended the war.
Albert remembers many times hitting the foxholes as the Japanese attempted to bomb and take out the fighter and bomber force that were wrecking havoc on the island of Japan.
He was discharged from the military in August 1946.
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