Veteran's History Project - Rolland E. Vencil

Rolland E. Vencil

Chief Master Sergeant

U.S. Air Force

1942-1967

Editor's Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.

Rolland "Chief" Vencil graduated from Kimball High School in 1941. A few months later, Japanese forces struck ships of the U.S. Navy fleet, killing more than 2,800 people and causing incredible destruction.

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