Person:George Arnold (21)

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11:29, 29 February 2008 (EST)11:29, 29 February 2008 (EST)11:29, 29 February 2008 (EST)~~ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about George P Arnold Name: George P Arnold Birth Year: 1919 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Minnesota State: North Dakota County or City: Ward

Enlistment Date: 13 Feb 1943 Enlistment State: Washington Enlistment City: Tacoma Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private (Sandra's note: retired as a Lt Colonel in the USAF) Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge

Education: 1 year of college Civil Occupation: Meat Cutter (Butcher. ) Marital Status: Single, with dependents Height: 69 Weight: 169

My cousin Dale Berglund wrote this about my father in his genealogy of the Berglund family from Sweden:

George left Bemidji, Minnesota after his second school year with is father. At an early age, 14 or 15, he was a "Buck Private" in Company "D", 164th Infantry of the North Dakota National Guard. George finished high school in Minot, North Dakota. In June 1937 he went to Portland, Oregon looking for work. He joined his dad as a carpenter and painter. In August 1938 he returned to Minot and enrolled at Minot State Teachers College and worked part time in a grocery store. He ran out of money and became a grocery meat cutter on a full time basis.

After being laid off in January 1941, George purchased a ticket for the West Coast and went to work for Safeway stores in February 1941. He was promoted to meat manager. On February 13, 1943, he entered the Army at Fort Lewis, Washington as a draftee. Later in February he went to the U. S. Army Air Corps, joined the Aviation Cadet Corps in June 1943 and was sent to Elon College, North Carolina for six months training. The pilot training did not go well and he graduated from Bombardier-Navigator School on April 19, 1945.

George retired from the Air Force on July 1, 1966 with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After working one year with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, he resigned and went to work with the Georgia Department of Education until October 1, 1981 when he retired at the age of 62.

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12:09, 29 February 2008 (EST)12:09, 29 February 2008 (EST)12:09, 29 February 2008 (EST)~~ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about George P Arnold Name: George P Arnold Birth Year: 1919 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Minnesota State: North Dakota County or City: Ward

Enlistment Date: 13 Feb 1943 Enlistment State: Washington Enlistment City: Tacoma Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private (Sandra's note: retired as a Lt Colonel in the USAF) Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge

Education: 1 year of college Civil Occupation: Meat Cutter (Butcher. ) Marital Status: Single, with dependents Height: 69 Weight: 169

My cousin Dale Berglund wrote this about my father in his genealogy of the Berglund family from Sweden:

George left Bemidji, Minnesota after his second school year with is father. At an early age, 14 or 15, he was a "Buck Private" in Company "D", 164th Infantry of the North Dakota National Guard. George finished high school in Minot, North Dakota. In June 1937 he went to Portland, Oregon looking for work. He joined his dad as a carpenter and painter. In August 1938 he returned to Minot and enrolled at Minot State Teachers College and worked part time in a grocery store. He ran out of money and became a grocery meat cutter on a full time basis.

After being laid off in January 1941, George purchased a ticket for the West Coast and went to work for Safeway stores in February 1941. He was promoted to meat manager. On February 13, 1943, he entered the Army at Fort Lewis, Washington as a draftee. Later in February he went to the U. S. Army Air Corps, joined the Aviation Cadet Corps in June 1943 and was sent to Elon College, North Carolina for six months training. The pilot training did not go well and he graduated from Bombardier-Navigator School on April 19, 1945.

George retired from the Air Force on July 1, 1966 with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After working one year with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, he resigned and went to work with the Georgia Department of Education until October 1, 1981 when he retired at the age of 62.

1. ↑ Personal knowledge.

   He's my father.