1942 Gentry Eugene Barnes Draft Registration

Submitted by:

  • Nicky Tenuto

Location:

  • The National Archives WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947. Records of the Selective Service System, 147. Box 79.

After enlisting in the military on September 3, 1942, Gentry was accepted to the Tuskegee Army Air Field training program. He graduated and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on April 15, 1944. After further training in California and Michigan, Barnes was sent to the European theater.

Read his story at  PROFILE OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

 

 

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