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McKay, Edgar Task Force Baum to Return Home
Edgar L. McKay and others received orders [Annotator's Note: from US Army Lieutenant General George S.
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McKay, Wallace Becoming a Sailor
Wallace McKay left high school in 1943 and enlisted in the Navy. His enlistment was to end on his 21st birthday.
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McKay, Wallace Early Life
Wallace McKay was born in May 1925 on a snowy morning in Brainerd, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm outside the city as the youngest of five kids.
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McKay, Wallace Life Aboard Ship
Wallace McKay was transferred to the USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15). On that ship, McKay became a signalman again.
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McKay, Wallace New Guinea
Wallace McKay was sent to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], where he joined the USS Pollux (AKS-4).
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McKay, Wallace New Guinea and The Philippines
When Wallace McKay departed for New Guinea, he returned to Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea; now Jayapura, Indonesia], where
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McKay, Wallace Occupation Duty
When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach battalion.
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McKay, Wallace Postwar Life
Wallace McKay did have bad feelings towards the Japanese. He married a Canadian woman. He was concerned about the Nazis as well.
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McKay, Wallace Reflections
Wallace McKay's most memorable experience of the war was going to Japan. It was memorable because of how docile the Japanese were.
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McKay, Wallace Returning to the United States
Wallace McKay caught a merchant ship back to the United States. It took six weeks to make it back and he was only given two meals a day.
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McKay, Wallace Training and Leave in Australia
Wallace McKay went to Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], where troops were being trained for the invasion of the
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McKee, Ralph Segment 1
McKee was born on September 19, 1921 in Southern Oklahoma. As was the case in most births in those days, he was born on the farm.