Raymond Barker in High School and Enlists in the Marines

Raymond Barker was very smart and went to Lane Tech High School in Chicago where you had to be in the top 10% of your graduating class from primary school.  At the time it was only open to males.

He enlisted in the Marine Corps in Chicago on 5 October 1942 and attended tank school and obtained the rank of Private First Class.  Afterwards, he was sent to Camp Pendleton in California for advanced tank training and became a tank driver in C Company, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (Medium).  Later he attended Camp Eliot where he attended diesel school and attained the rank of corporal.

During training, he kept up correspondence with his family, and his sweetheart back in Wisconsin.

--GreGen