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Battery G of the 88th Coastal Artillery Regiment was predesignated to C Battery of the 901st AAA Battalion in September of 1943. McCarthy and the unit remain at the Gataun Dam and use Fort [...]

For the next eight months, McCarthy and his unit stand guard near the Gatun Dam.  Being an anti-aircraft artillery unit naturally meant they were mostly on the look-out for aerial attacks from [...]

McCarthy and his unit also spend weeks at a time training with their weapons at Fort Randolph.  What you see here in this photo is the last image of a very historical defense site for the Panama [...]

Within his first three months in Panama, McCarthy is promoted from Private to Private First Class.

McCarthy and his unit are assigned to and arrive at the Gatun Dam in the Panama Canal Zone. Lieutenant Mitchell V. Klepacz assumes command of the 88th CA Battery G and they are officially [...]

After a 15 days at sea, William arrives at the Canal Zone and joins the 88th Coastal Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment  – Battery G. Photo is of one of the 14-inch guns that guarded the [...]

William leaves New York on a troop ship and officially joins the war effort.

McCarthy enlisted in the Army at Fort Jay in New York.

In February 1946, the USS Stormes docks in Norfolk, Virginia.  James officially leaves the ship’s crew on February 28th, and on March 5th, 1946 he is officially discharged from the United [...]