Mark Arie shipped off from Chanute Air Force base to train at Pearl Harbor. The barracks at Pearl Harbor were much more modern and comfortable, but being comfortable didn't last long. Arie was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, and in his oral history, he describes the events of December 7, 1941.
From Pearl Harbor he went to Mariana Islands, where he saw the Enola Gay plane without knowing what it was. He returned to the states after the war ended, and was kept on base in St. Louis because his discharge orders had been misplaced. When he was discharged, he looked around for work and realized he could make more money by re-enlisted, and became a career Air Force man.
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