Timeline of WWII Service of Wesley Slaymaker
Click on links to see letters written during given time period.
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 | Feb 20 | O'Neill to Omaha to Ft. Leavenworth, KS |
| Feb 21 - Feb 25 | At Ft. Leavenworth | |
| Feb 26 - Aug 18 | Camp Forrest (Tullahoma, Tennessee) | |
| Aug 19 - Aug 24 | En route to Camp Stoneman, near San Francisco, CA | |
| Aug 25 - Sept 1 | Camp Stoneman, CA | |
| Sept 1 - Sept 20 | En route to first assignment in Pacific | |
| Sept 21 - Dec 31 | Fiji | |
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| Jan 1 - Mar 11 | Fiji |  |
| Mar 13 - Nov 1 | New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Island of Espiritu Santo | |
| Nov 4 - Nov 11 | Guadalcanal | |
| Nov 13 - Dec 31 | Bougainville | |
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 | Jan 1 - Dec 14 | Bougainville |
| Dec 14 - Dec 31 | En route to Phillippines via Huon Gulf and Manus Island, New Guinea | |
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| Jan 1 - Jan 8 | En route to Luzon |   |
Jan 9 - Invasion of Luzon | ||
| Jan 9 - Jan 29 | Battled on Luzon | |
Jan 29 - Wounded | ||
| Jan 30 - Feb 7 (Estimated) | Tent Hospital, Island of Luzon | |
| Feb 8 - Feb 25 (Estimated) | On Hospital Ship Marigold en route to New Guinea | |
| Feb 26 - April 4 (Estimated) | New Guinea | |
| April 5 - April 26 | En route New Guinea to San Francisco | |
| April 26 - May 4 | Letterman General, San Francisco | |
| May 5 - May 22 | O'Reilly General, Springfield, MO | |
May 23 - June 2 - 10-day Leave to Atkinson. Home for first time in over 3 years and 3 months. | ||
| June 3 - Aug 12 | O'Reilly General, Springfield, MO | |
| Aug 13 - Oct 10 | Furlough Home | |
| Oct 11 - Holidays | O'Reilly General, Springfield, MO | |
| Holidays - Year-End | Home on Leave | |
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 | Jan 1 - Jan 5 | Home on Leave |
| Jan 6 - Jan 15 | O'Reilly General | |
January 15, 1946 - Wesley K. Slaymaker, Grandpa's Grandpa, Passes Away | ||
| Jan 15-21 | Home for Funeral, Visiting Helen in G.I. | |
| Jan 22 - Discharge (Jan 29) | O'Reilly General | |
