Leland Sorensen was drafted to Ft. Douglas at the age of 18 on February 14. His dad deferred him to help with the crops. Then he got transferred to San Diego for basic training. Then to Oceanside for combat training. He was at Pearl Harbor when it got bombed. At Guam the Japanese surrendered three weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Then he went to Oakland and then a week later he went to China. He was in China over a year and went home. He was in the service for 22 months (2 years).  It took him 31 days to come home by boat.

The little carriage looking things are for the people who were in the war and lived to ride in through the city.

This is where they got their training for war.

This is the people talking to their leader.

This is Leland, Walter, and Sefton.(left to right)

This is Leland when he was in China

This is Leland and his Chinese friend he met in China.