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Florida, August 1943
It appears that on his days off, Joel played the tourist or he bounced back and forth between training sites. He visited multiple places in Florida and left us a few slides behind so we can piece some of it back together. On Sunday August 8, 1943, Joel is in Lakeland, Florida. All we have…
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LA to NOLA, June 1943
There are just enough Kodachromes in this stack to figure out that on June 8, 1943 Joel was in Los Angeles California with few of his camp mates. The fountain in above slide gave away the location. This is Pershing Square in what is currently Downtown Financial Park. I believe the fountain is gone after…
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Draft 1942, Enlistment, 1943
WIth a Friday Feb 19, 1943 date written on the 3 last press negative format boxes from that year, it somewhat hinted that Joel was preparing for another significant phase in his life. Joel’s Draft Card is dated Feb 14, 1942. The draft required all men between 21 and 45 to register for military service.…
Finding Joel Pahl Dardis 