EDITOR’S NOTE: Today is the day Winfred has been waiting for! After two years nine months and three weeks, Winfred G. Maxwell is being discharged and released from his time of service during WWII. Below is the official discharge notice dated October 3, 1945. Winfred will begin the process of going home on October 7, 1945.
The war for Winfred is over!!!
October 3, 1945
Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base California
SPECIAL ORDERS 276 RESTRICTED EXTRACT
T/Sgt Winfred G Maxwell 37405893 was one of several enlisted men with the 1504th Army Air Force Base Unit – West Coast Wing Pacific Division – Air Transport Command relieved from assignment and to be transferred in group and with pay to the Army Air Force Separation Base at Amarillo, Texas departing on Oct. 7, 1945. Payment for six meals was provided ($1.00 per meal) in advance.