George Campbell

The discharge papers are a good place to start for your Veteran history but it is written in very basic terminology. Hopefully you can take that information and write up the history into more of a story form otherwise I'll have to do it and I don't want to be responsible for making transcribing/rewording errors. When you use those discharge papers to write up the history you should then add family connections and other pertinent information about that Veteran and locate pictures to go along with it. Below is an example of discharge papers for George Campbell who graduated from MHS in 1938. Some of the abbreviations in these discharge papers are difficult to understand so hopefully you can find another Veteran to spell out those shortened descriptions when you write up your Veterans' history.

Julia Grace (Lawson) & George Campbell

George W. Campbell
Discharge record: November 1, 1946 at 1:20 p.m.
Address Gray, Iowa
Entered into service April 21, 1945 Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Date of Separation October 23, 1946 at Separation Center Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Born November 2, 1921
Private 5 months FA basic training 521
Corporal 4 months Radio Repairman 648
T/4 9 months Clerk Typist 405
Radio Repairman: installed, inspected, tested, and repaired amplitude modulated or frequency modulated radio transmitters and receivers related equipment.
Military education: Field artillery School Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Radio Mechanic's school 5 weeks October 1945
Other schooling: Government Defense School, Manning, Iowa 1945, Farm Mechanic's

Farmer from 1938 to 1945 Assisted the operation of 280 acre farm, raising general crops and livestock. Drove truck, tractor, and vaccinated livestock.
Organization: HQ TRP 16th Constab SQ
Military qualifications: MM W/Rifle
Victory Medal and Army of Occupation Medal (Germany)
Lapel button, 1 overseas service bar, ASR score 4 September 2, 1945
On terminal leave from October 5, 1946 to October 23, 1946.
Reason and authority for separation: Conv of Govt RR 1-1 Demobilization AR 615-365 TWX WCL 23610 June 29, 1946
Mustering out pay $300
Travel pay $24.55
Signed: First Lieutenant J.A. Kiernan Personnel Officer

George Campbell's basic training: George is in the front row, fifth from the left.