Background -- Drafted -- Buckley Air Force Base -- North Platte Canteen -- Basic training -- Guard duty -- Getting shots -- Getting classified -- Radio mechanic -- Side trip to Colorado -- Truax Field, Madison -- Scott Air Force Base, Illinois -- Baseball -- Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas -- Assignment -- Train ride experience -- New York City -- Shipped out on the George Washington -- Floating mine -- Chateau-Thierry, France -- Train from Chateau-Thierry to Frankfurt -- K Rations and C Rations -- Hanau, Germany Headquarters -- Laundry ladies -- Job duties -- Shipping home on the U.S.S. Saint Albans -- From Camp Grant to Mount Horeb