Dad joined the Army at Ft Leavenworth, KS. He was stationed at the following military installations: Sheppard Airfield, Wichita Falls, TX; Lockheed Air School, Burbank, Ca; Atlantic City, NJ; Standish, ME; Boston, MA; 50th Fighter Group, Iceland and England. The picture of SSgt Gilman R. Smith, was taken in 1944 at an Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance Station in England were he was an airplane mechanic. He repaired and maintained twin-engine mosquitoes; aircraft that flew lone and unarmed weather and photographic reconnaissance missions over the continent.