February 19, 1923 – Unknown
Carl Wiltfong
Personal Information
Birthplace: Dellvale, KS
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 98th and 25th Div.
Theater of Operation: Pacific
Enlisted / Commissioned: Aug 5, 1944
Discharged: Aug 12, 1946
Honored By: Wife, Maxine; Children: Doug, Scott, Beverly
Biography
I took basic training in Camp Hood, Texas and then shipped overseas in January 1945. I attended cooks and bakers school in Hawaii and was then assigned to the 98th Division Officers’ Mess. I arrived in Japan in September 1945 with the occupational force. Later, I was assigned to the 25th Division Officers’ Mess and became a private cook for General Brown and Mullin. I was thrilled and honored when General Eisenhower ate in my dining room during his visit with the troops in Osaka, Japan in 1946.
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