This begins in Heron Lake, Minnesota in 1939. Pat Hughes, Pete Peterson, Dale Mc Coy and I all bought a new set of striped bib overhauls and a new shirt. We then made our way to Mankato, MN to catch the first freight train for the wild wild west. We eventually wound up in San Francis...

Al Bodenlos was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 13, 1920. He enlisted in the United States Army on July 9, 1940. He was eventually assigned to the 13th Combat Engineers, then to the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. On December 6, 1941, Al was sent to Honolulu...