World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Karl Adams
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Mr. Karl Adams
JUNE 1944: DRAFTED WHEN PAST 26 YEARS OF AGE AND WITH 3 CHILDREN. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO FORT ORD, TO WASHINGTON. OVERSEAS TO HAWAII DECEMBER 1944. WEST TO OKINAWA IN THE SPRING OF 1945, BOMBED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THERE WHEN A-BOMBS WERE USED, PLENTY OF ACTION, VIOLENT TYPHOONS AND OTHER DANGERS THROUGHOUT 1945. GLAD TO GET HOME IN JANUARY OF 1946.