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Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Leland Johnston was a ranch kid working in the Nebraska Sandhills near Thedford. He had been doing that since he was about 12 years old. When he was 18 he tried to get into the Army Air Corps but was turned down by that branch of service. The draft board did not turn him...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Roger S, Allen is a resident of the Nebraska Veteran’s Home in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War 1951 to 1954. Allen enlisted in the US Navy when he was 20 years old. All his friends and associates had either joined up or were going to join the military. His uncles and cousins were...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Richard Anderson is a resident of the Nebraska Veteran’s Home in Scottsbluff. He served in the US Navy during World War II, primarily in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Anderson enlisted in the US Navy when he was 18, after graduating from High School in the Detro...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Robert J. Books (Bob) had received his draft notice just before graduating from high school. The Selective Service Board allowed him to finish his schooling, but within a week his parents took him to North Platte, NE so he could board a troop train. He had been dra...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. Leland V. Nelson spent his formative years in the area of Platte County, Neb. Like kids from western Nebraska, he walked the miles to school as well as getting to school by horsepower –one way or another. On more than one occasion, Leland’s horse drawn wagon was faster t...
Editor’s Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in the Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project. William “Bill: Tracy Jr. was twenty one yrs old when the Selective Service System caught up with him. There was a war goin’ on and they wanted him in it. He was a young man trying to find his was in Alaska and Washington State when he was notified by his draft board i...
