| Military - USMC | ||
| May 1942 | Marine personnel came to the Navajo Methodist Mission School in Farmington, NM to recruit Navajo boys. I wanted to volunteer, but I was told I was too young. I was sixteen years old. My older brother Samuel was able to join, so he went ahead of me. | |
| March 1943 | On April 18th, 1943, I turned 17. My father, though reluctantly, gave me permission to enlist. Many of us left with the Marine recruiters on buses. They took us to Santa Fe for processing and then put on a train to San Diego. | |
| March-June 1943 | Boot Camp at San Diego. | |
| July - Dec 1943 | Camp Pendleton for radio communication training. | |
| August 1944 | Camp Tarawa, Hawaii | |
| January 1945 | Embarked on a Pacific Island-hopping campaign. | |
| February 19, 1945 | ||
| March 1945 | Left Iwo Jima, returned to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii. | |
| June 1945 | Boarded ship again. After a month and a half of island-hopping, we soon learned that our next destination was the invasion of Japan. | |
| August 1945 | "We were heading to the southern part of Japan when we heard the atomic bomb was dropped the first time and then a second time. Next, we heard the Japanese surrendered." | |
| August 1945 | Continued to Japan. Part of the occupation force for six months. | |
| March 1946 | Discharged from service. | |