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    On June 9, 1944, Lloyd Barnard graduated from Matthew Fontaine Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia. This was 3 days after D-Day. June 6, 1944. Less than a month later, he received the document below. This document took him from Norfolk, Va. to Atsugi, Japan, with various training stops along the way. Lloyd served with the 3rd Bomb Group ( Headquarters,8th & 13th Squadrons ) from December 28, 1945 until he cleared the 4th Replacement Depot in Chofu, Japan on August 27, 1946. He arrived back in the United States on September 7, 1946 and discharged from Ft. Bragg on September 9, 1946. 

ORDER TO REPORT 


INDUCTED AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD.

 BASIC TRAINING AT SHEPPARD FIELD, TX.

 GUNNERY SCHOOL TRAINING


Gunnery School at Lowry Field CO         10 weeks       Remote Control Turret (580) Pre- gunnery – grad 26 Nov ‘44

Gunnery School at Buckingham AAF FL     6 weeks        Flexible Gunnery (611) B-29 ring gunner – grad Feb ‘45

Gunnery School at Harlingen AAF TX        6 weeks        Flexible Gunnery (special) B-29 ring gunner – grad 4 Aug ‘45

 Aerial Gunners Wings

LINCOLN AAF, NE. DISTRIBUTION CENTER

WILLIAMS FIELD, AZ. OVERSEAS STAGING


Lloyd Barnard, Jr

 VANCOUVER BARRACKS, WA. - USAT MARINE MARLIN - DECEMBER 4, 1945 - DECEMBER 22, 1945 TO TOKYO BAY

 ATSUGI AIR BASE RECOLLECTIONS


GEORGIA TECH


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