Personal Narrative: An Interview With A Soldier In The Afghanistan War

Meade, Maryland since October 1942, he departed the United States, 8 February 1943, for duty in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations. While serving as a Staff Sergeant with Company B, 15th Infantry, he was honorably discharged 13 October 1944 and accepted a combat appointment as a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States on 14 October 1944. He then served as Platoon Leader and Company Commander with the 15th Infantry Regiment to August 1945. Upon his return to the United States in September 1945, he was sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he accepted a commission as first lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps on 21 August 1945 and was released from active duty on 21 September 1945. He was Federally recognized as Captain, National Guard of the United States on 19 October 1950. On 14 February 1956, he was Federally recognized as Major, National Guard of Texas and was promoted to Major, National Guard of the United States effective the same date. His status in the National Guard terminated 7 November 1966, by reason of withdrawal of Federal Recognition, and he was transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve, where he held a commission as a major.

     My grandfather, Larry, served in WWII. He enlisted and stationed at Camp Polk. He went through places like New Guinea and the Philippines during the war.

To begin with, he enlisted instead of being drafted into the military and did not have a choice in the assignment he was given. On December 12, 1962, he joined the United States Air Force becoming a member of the 186th TAC Recon Group in Meridian, MS. His basic training was at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, and he attended technical school at Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL, training to be a general purpose vehicle mechanic. His two instructors for basic

He enlisted in Maumee Ohio and did it because it was something he wanted to since he was a kid. He picked the Marine Corps because in his opinion he thinks it's the hardest branch.He said about on your first days you gotta learn fast.He had long and tiring days a lot of yelling, he learned to march ,shoot, and medical training. He said how to get through training is to do what you are told.He remembers his mean instructors SSTG. Serotone ,sergeant Smith, and SGT Austen.

A heroic man named Ronald Eric Ray, was 1st lieutenant and was in the organization of the U.S Army. This amazing man came upon our world December 7,1941 in Cordele Ga. He is recently living today at the age of 75, he fought in the battle of “The Cold War” or known as Adrang Valley, Republic of Vietnam, on June 19,1966. Captain Ray entered his service in Atlanta Ga., Ronald’s nickname was Ron for obvious reasons. This heroic man had different features than most, his smooth black hair was slicked black at all times, his eyes were dark brown like a dark oak tree, and his skin was a very light tan. In an interview (person was unknown) he told about his family and how his life lead up to becoming a captain and what his dreams where befor vietnam.

After the war was over the family left the internment camp and came home and everything changed. “When we came back after the war it was fall and the house was still ours. The trees on the streets were taller than we remembered, and the cars more run down, and the rosebush our mother had once planted alongside the narrow gravel path they led up to the front steps of our house was no longer there” (Otsuka 106). This describes how during the years they were gone the entire street changed. When the family entered the house it smelled really bad. “We did not care. The paint was peeling away from the walls and the window frames were black with rot. Shreds of lace curtain dangled in front of the soot-covered panes and the floor was littered with

War in 1991. After this war he was sent to Germany for 3 years Jeffrey Coon

I interviewed my papa Sergeant Ronald Gerken. He was born on December 11th, 1946 and is the father to Heather Rahman and the late Eric Gerken. He is married to Stephanie Gerken and they currently live in Maumee, Ohio. He was in the Vietnam War and his branch was the Army.

Location of Service: Jacksonville, Texas; Del Monte Pre-Flight School, California; Fort Ord, California; Norman, Oklahoma; Corpus Christi, Texas; El Toro Marine Corps Air Base, California; Shaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina; Daytona Beach, Florida; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); China: USS Grant; Pacific Theater; China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater

Still committed to serve, he joined the Montana National Guard and continued to work as a mechanic. Later he branch transferred to Military Police, was promoted to Sergeant and became a Military Police Investigator. In March, 2003 his unit was activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he patrolled the streets of Baghdad for fourteen months. Prior to re-deploying he had the

At 17 Richard joined the Army. He went to basic training between his junior and senior year in high school at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. He describes basic training as 90% mental and 10% physical. He felt this was one of the easiest parts of his military service. He had to stay 2 weeks longer than he was supposed to because of an injury. At

George Patton Jr. was born on November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California to parents Ruth WIlson Patton and George Patton Sr. He only had one sibling, Anne Wilson Patton, who was two years younger than him.A fiery and energetic boy, he was always fascinated by stories of his ancestors in early America’s wars, and set his sights on furthering that military legacy. After completing basic school in 1903, he attended the Virginia Military Academy for a year, until transferring to West Point in 1905. He was a lackluster student, but whatever he didn’t have in the

Recently, Ronald Fowlkes sat down for an interview with Inspirery. He stated that as a small child of 10, he wrote to the Marines, asking if he could join the service. He explained how he would get their letters back “stating that he needed to wait until he was older to join”. Right after graduating high school at 17, however, his wish came true and he was able to pursue his dreams and join the Marines.

I joined the Marine Corps looking for a challenge. I wanted to open doors for a new career and longed to have a positive impact on the world around me. Looking back five years later, I realize I found all that I originally sought, but I’ve also found something profoundly satisfying and meaningful that I never knew I was missing.

Bobby was enlisted in 2000, straight through his high school, but a question you usually aren’t told is why he chose to. So, he joined for two reasons. One, for the jobs they offer and two because he wanted to serve a “Bigger Purpose” or “Bigger than myself”. Now you're probably pondering