The original Selective Service System notification ordering Benjamin Wood to report for induction on November 27, 1941.   (document from Benjamin Wood's collection)
 

Train station at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri (St. Louis) from where Benjamin Wood is likely to have departed on January 16, 1942, on his way to Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, for basic training.  (Internet photo)
 

View of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.  Date unknown but estimated to be during World War Two.  (Internet photo)
 

The main entrance of Ft. Francis E. Warren, (Cheyenne) Wyoming, where Benjamin Wood received basic training for eight weeks from January 16, 1942 to March 16, 1942. It must have been a very cold eight weeks!  (Internet photo)
 

1942 post card aerial view of Ft. Francis E. Warren, Wyoming.  (Internet photo)
 

Sign painted by Benjamin Wood for the Second Armored Corps at Camp Cooke, California, between March 22 and August 30, 1942.  Web author notes there are almost no images of Camp Cooke (now Vandenberg Air Force Base) to be found on the Internet.  (photo from Benjamin Wood's collection)
 

Benjamin Wood (left) and carpenter standing in front of the "carpenter's shack" at "Bend Depot" where the 341st trained on maneuvers near Bend, Oregon. (September/October, 1943).  (photo from Benjamin Wood's collection)
 

A portion of the motor pool managed by the 341st on training maneuvers near Bend, Oregon.   (September/October, 1943).  (photo from Benjamin Wood's collection)
 

Described by Benjamin Wood as 'The rear part of our setup in Bend..."  where the 341st trained on maneuvers near Bend, Oregon. (September/October, 1943).  (photo from Benjamin Wood's collection)
 

Main entrance to Ft. Lewis (Washington).  Benjamin Wood was here from November 15, 1943 through February 17, 1944.  (Internet photo)
 

Ft. Lewis (Washington) Station Hospital, believed to be where Benjamin Wood spent over three weeks, including Christmas, 1943, and New Years, 1944, in an isolation ward due to Scarlet Fever. (December 16, 1943 to January 7, 1944).  (Internet photo)
 

Color photo of Ft. Lewis (Washington)  looking north toward Mt. Ranier. (1942).  (Internet photo - Library of Congress)
 

View of troop ships at San Pedro shipyards, Los Angeles, California, during war time.  (Internet photo - Port of Los Angeles)