A veteran recalls his time in World War 2

To my kid brother, Raymond George Rinard

This is a synopsis of my service time in World War Two.

I hitchhiked from Boone to Des Moines, Iowa on October 6th, 1942 to enlist and was sent back home with four papers to be filled out. One was for my mother giving her permission to me to enlist, one with signatures of three businessmen at Boone, one to be signed by the police chief showing I had no arre...