Stateside Soldier
Stateside Soldier

Author: Aileen Kilgore Henderson

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781570033964

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I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY who has ever done such a daring thing as I have done, twenty-two-year-old Aileen Kilgore of Brookwood, Alabama, wrote in her diary in January 1944, after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. From basic training in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to her discharge in late 1945, Kilgore served as one of more than 150,000 American women who joined the Women's Army Corps - the first group of women other than nurses to serve in the ranks of the United States Army. Aileen Kilgore Henderson has now collected and edited diary entries and personal letters that recount in an engaging narrative style her twenty-three months of experiences in the army. Recording the excitement and anxiety of enlisting, along with the camaraderie, challenges, and monotony of military life and labor, Henderson had a keen eye for the newness of her undertakings. She worked as one of only six female airplane mechanics at Ellington Air Force Base and as a photo lab technician, and she provides a detailed document of daily life in the service. Additionally, Henderson reveals the public scrutiny and criticism WAC members faced as they assumed nontraditional roles. A fascinatin

Serving My Country
Serving My Country

Author: Clement T. Mertens

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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"A country boy joins the army in 1942...A natural storyteller, Bud shares tales of his experiences in the Army Air Corps during World War II. From receiving his draft notice to enduring boot camp to serving as a cook and mess steward, Bud recounts the drudgery and absurdity of life in the army. Although Bud never sees combat, he puts his civilian life on hold to serve his country. During his service in California, first at Hammer Field then Lemoore Field, he always tries to do his best with his can-do attitude and determination to succeed. From loading garbage to escorting military prisoners to planning meals for 900 soldiers, Bud seeks to excel. Despite dealing with government bureaucracy and meager resources, he learns to march, cook, and do paperwork. Lots of paperwork. More than 16 million U.S. servicemembers served throughout the course of World War II. Four million of them never left the United States, instead working on military bases throughout the country to support the soldiers shipping in and out. These stateside soldiers—like Bud—left behind their own pursuits to perform the duties necessary to back our troops fighting overseas. Illustrated with dozens of photos of army life, Serving My Country takes you along Bud’s journey as he adapts to military life. You’ll gain a new appreciation for the essential soldiers who stayed in the U.S. Enjoy this look at the unsung heroes of 1940s army life!"--P. 4 of cover.

A Stateside Tour of Duty
A Stateside Tour of Duty

Author: Neil Mitchell

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 643

ISBN-13: 1642985740

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Nick Moultrie is drafted into the US Army at the height of the Vietnam War. By dumb luck, the new lieutenant avoids being shipped to Vietnam and is assigned to Fort Benjamin McCulloch, Texas. As a pencil pusher for the military police on base, he is safe from the mortal perils of ambushes and booby traps in Southeast Asia, yet he faces other perils almost daily in his mostly desk job stateside. His poorly disciplined unit more resembles the Keystone Cops than professional law enforcement personnel. Lieutenant Moultrie finds himself surrounded by incompetent or corrupt commanding officers, and he never knows when the mind-numbing tedium of his job will suddenly erupt into a crazy, senseless episode in which people are killed and military careers are destroyed. Nick finds refuge and solace in a few friends and honorable commanders whom he can trust. Seeking relief from loneliness, he looks up a buxom girlfriend (Samantha Starr) with whom he had a fling in college, and, while on a few days' leave, proposes to her. Soon he finds himself enjoying the pleasures and tiptoeing through the minefields of matrimony. Gradually his lust for what he first regarded as a sex object turns into genuine love for a peer and an intelligent, intuitive friend. A terrifying dream six months into her first pregnancy convinces Samantha she will die if she gives birth in the ramshackle Army hospital. She goes to live with her parents, where the dream proves prophetic as she narrowly escapes death even in the better-equipped Phoenix hospital. When a callous Red Cross official refuses to inform Nick of these developments, he explodes in anger and retribution, resulting in persecution from his superiors in command. The final insult is his being relieved of duty for a very minor infraction committed while saving the lives of his men in a shootout with an antiwar terrorist group. Nick must somehow find a way to avoid ending his military service in disgrace. As he leaves Fort McCulloch a much wiser-and jaded-man, Nick looks back on the unbelievable events he has endured. His entertaining tale is humorous, eye-opening, and unexpectedly uplifting.

Stateside Tours of Duty
Stateside Tours of Duty

Author: Vickey Robinson

Publisher: Amazon elite publishers

Published: 2024-07-18

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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The Vickey Joins the Military Series is a story of how a call to serve went from two to twenty years. The books depict the journey from the initial decision to join the military through the many stops along the way. In this series of books, you will get a front row seat to how a 30-year-old journalist made a U-turn onto a vastly different career path. The tours of duty would not be a straight path of European tours back-to-back or back-to-back stateside tours. The reader will zigzag across countries and continents with the author, getting a first-hand look at a very interesting and dynamic career. The journey traverses across twelve countries, three continents, and varies other locales. Each book in the eight book series travels through varies duty stations reviewing moments that put a spotlight on how a two-year enlistment led to a twenty-year career.

U. S. Army Retired Soldiers Handbook
U. S. Army Retired Soldiers Handbook

Author: Soldier for Life- Retirement Services Office (U.S.)

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780160941993

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This handbook provides guidance to U.S. Army retired soldiers and their families about their military status after retirement, benefits and privileges that they may be entitled. Some of the topics covered within this handbook include: MyArmyBenefits (MAB) Program, Change of Address Military Identification and Privilege Cards Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) for Medical Care & TRICARE Military Installation Privileges- Stateside and Overseas Locating Former and Retired Soldiers Community Relations Army Emergency Relief Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits And much more Retired U.S. Army soldiers and their families may be interested in this retirement guide. Members of the ROTC Corps, and American citizens interested in enlisting within the U.S. Army also may be interested in this guide to comprehensive Army service benefits. Related products: Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents, and Survivors 2017 is available here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/federal-benefits-veterans-dependents-and-survivors-2017 Information for Survivor Annuitants: Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is available here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/information-survivor-annuitants-federal-employees-retirement-system-fers Applying for Deferred or Postponed Retirement Under the Federal Employees Retirement System FERS is available here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/applying-deferred-or-postponed-retirement-under-federal-employees-retirement-system-fers

Vietnam & Beyond
Vietnam & Beyond

Author: Jenny La Sala; Jim Markson

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2014-09-22

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1490746196

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Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.

Tony's War
Tony's War

Author: Edward Anthony (Tony) Zahn

Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

Published: 2019-12-20

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1642377821

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Tony was an urbane, witty, college-educated Long Island boy whose WWII army career was recorded in 256 letters sent home to his parents as he lived through the experience. They begin with his departure for basic training in October, 1942 and continue until his return home from the Philippines in December, 1945. His first two years of stateside maneuvers were an involuntary adventure, a bit of a lark that had interrupted his life not unpleasantly. But when he lands in a combat zone on the heels of MacArthur, his perspective on life changes forever. This is the story, in his own words, of one individual soldier’s complete WWII experience. TONY’S WAR chronicles here-and-now thoughts, observations, and fears of a war-time soldier. The letters describe in minute detail: basic training, stateside duty at several army camps, the trans-Pacific journey to war, hospital convalescence, and life in a jungle combat zone. There are disturbing secret letters sent to his father’s office with revelations not meant for his mother’s eyes, journal entries of events that would not have been passed by the censor, and the text is augmented by many of his photographs and drawings. Take a journey into the heart and soul of a member of the Greatest Generation, a WWII soldier.

Soldiers in Revolt
Soldiers in Revolt

Author: David Cortright

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 1975-01-01

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9780385110839

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Examines the evidence of increasing discontent within the U.S. armed services during the Vietnam War, discusses what has happened to the military establishment since the war's end, and proposes still further changes to bring the military in line with modern society.