Carl Kasey was born on a farm 5 miles SW of McPherson Ks on November 28, 1922. He attended a one room school house for several years and completed his education in the McPherson public school system. Kasey graduated High School in 1940 and enrolled in McPherson College. His Junior year he suspected he would get drafted anytime and he did not think an Army soldiers like looked good so her enlisted in the Navy. Kasey had many levels of training and was stationed in Hawaii for nineteen months, moving around to different bases on the Islands. He had many jobs including teaching Army amphibious personnel how to swim, use there clothing for life preserves and how to get on and of the landing crafts they would use in the Pacific Theater. Carl returned to the States and finished college on the GI bill and became a teacher. He taught in McPherson until retirement. Kasey shared many artifacts from his days in the Navy including a small black box. This box was a training tool to teach sailors morse code. Kasey also has the flash cards given out to teach the sailors enemy planes. At the time of the this interview, Kasey was 100 years old.