Joseph Ralph Janchar
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Joseph Ralph Janchar served in World War II in the U.S. Army from July 25, 1945, until November 3, 1946.
He received basic training at Camp Crowder, Missouri, for 16 weeks. He was sent to Camp Beale, California for two weeks and then to New York. He was assigned to the 120th Station Hospital in Bayreuth, Germany, where he was a hospital cook. His rank was Technical Sergeant.
Mr. Janchar was born in 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota, the son of Joseph and Mary Janchar. He graduated from high school in 1945.
Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall Veteran History Form; veteran’s account (see below)
I got drafted on June 25th, 1945. I went to Camp Crowder, Missouri, for basic training for 16 weeks, then shipped to Camp Beale, California, for two weeks. Orders changed and went to New York. From there overseas to Germany. After I got back to the States, spent the rest of my time in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
(I also got drafted in February of 1944 in the Navy. Spent one month and 29 days before I got a medical discharge because I had a bad eye, then I was drafted in the Army in June of 1945.)
