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Grave marker for Samuel P. Lancaster
in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San
Antonio (Bexar county), Texas.
Samuel enlisted in the Army at
Oklahoma City, OK on 19 November 1942 and was
assigned to Company I, 508th PIR.
On 3 August 1943, Pvt Lancaster
was transferred to the ASTP* unit, Carnegie
Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA. He
did not return to the regiment and the remainder of his
service career is unknown.
[*Jumpmaster Note: the Army
Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was instituted
to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and
soldiers with technical skills and candidates were
assigned to various land grant colleges to complete
a highly condensed four-year curriculum. But
in February 1944 over one-third of the men in the
ASTP were recalled to active duty to help the army
meet increasing personnel demands.] |
