Kenneth was inducted into the Army Air Forces on November 1,
1945 at the age of 20.
He was sent to the south Pacific after basic training. He
was based at the sprawling air bases on Guam and again on Saipan. He was
assigned to the 19th Air Repair Squadron.
Kenneth’s job was one of being acting 1st Sergeant.
His most memorable memories were of accompanying U.S.Airmen who spoke Japanese
out in the countryside. There, Japanese speaking military personnel used
loudspeakers to try and talk Japanese soldiers still in caves and other hiding
places that the war was really over and for them to surrender.
At another time he observed Army Graves Registration Service
(AGRS) personnel trying to identify bodies taken from a common grave, most were
Japanese.
Kenneth was discharged as a Staff Sergeant on August 1,
1947.
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