He was inducted into the Amy Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet

He was inducted into the Amy Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on the 15th of July, 1943. He was shipped immediately to Jamestown, N. D, for ground school prior to flight training.

The story goes that mom made dad an icebox lemon pie to take with him on the train to North Dakota. He ate the whole thing himself. I inherited his love of lemon icebox pie.

Here is another story from the haze that I wish I had more clarity about. While dad was away as a cadet, mom delivered a full term, stillborn child - my missing older brother. Dad was not allowed to come home to support her through her grief and he had to bear his grief alone and away from family. I was told that my grandfather went to the funeral home to dress the baby for burial. This must have been a brutal experience for my mom and dad and their close loved ones.