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u-s-marine-corps-report-of-separation

navmc-78-pd

last-name: McCahill

suffix:

first-name: William

middle-names: Paul

rank: Maj

pay-grade:

serial-number: 07583

permanent-address: 213 North Piedmont Street Arlington, Va

race: W

sex: M

citizen: Yes

date-of-birth: 1918-06-29

address-for-employment: 213 North Piedmont Street Arlington, Va

married: Yes

no-of-dep: one

place-of-birth: Marshalltown, Ia

record-of-marine-corps-service

selective-service-data

registered: Yes

address-at-entry-into-service: 1444 North Prospect Ave Milwaukee, Wisc.

sel-ser-bd-no:

sel-ser-bd-county-state: Milwaukee, Wisc.

means-of-entry-1: Enlisted

means-of-entry-2: Commissioned

place-of-entry-into-active-service: Quantico, Va

date-of-entry: 1941-05-29

component-reg:

component-res: Va

pension-claim-filed: No

place-of-separation: 1st Hqs [ineligible] Washington D.C.

date-of-separation: 1946-05-31

org-at-separation: [ineligible]

type-of-discharge: Letter of Separation (Officer)

foreign-sea-service-years: 1

foreign-sea-service-months: 4

foreign-sea-service-days:

military-specialties: Public Information Officer - 5401 Infantry Officer - 1542

service-schools-attended: CCS, Quantico, Va

service-school-courses: Indoctrination

service-school-weeks: 12

principal-military-duty-and-no: 5401 Public Relations Officer

notes:

employment-and-non-service-educational-data

1-civilian-occupation: Newspaper Reporter

1-civilian-occupation-no: 0-06

1-civilian-occupation-no-yrs: 1

1-civilian-occupation-last-employed-date: 1941-02-dd

1-civilian-occupation-summary: Handled general reporting and editing. Was Bureau manager (night)

2-civilian-occupation: None

2-civilian-occupation-no:

2-civilian-occupation-no-yrs:

2-civilian-occupation-last-employed-date:

last-employer-name: Milwaukee Associated Press

last-employer-address: Milwaukee, Wisc

date-left-last-employer: 1941-02-dd

job-aid-desired: No

non-service-education

grammar-years: 8

high-school-years: 4

college-years: 6

degree: [ineligible]

major-courses: Journalism

trade-courses: General Shop
Mech Engr.

courses-of-greatest-interest: Journalism
History and Phil.

last-school-attended: Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisc.

preferences

preference-for-additional-training: Not at this time

job-preference: Journalism work Administrative Executive

job-preference-reason: in connection with profession

locality-preference: Washington, D.C.

locality-preference-reason: where work is

name-and-rank-of-discharging-officer: C.P. Groves, Lt. Col., USMC

date-signed-by-discharged-person: 1944-02-12