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Army Air Forces","World War, 1939-1945"]},{"label":"Place","value":["Venice Army Air Field (historical), Sarasota County, Florida, United States","Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States","Keesler Air Force Base, Harrison County, Mississippi, United States","Harlingen Air Force Base (historical), Cameron County, Texas, United States","Guadalcanal Province, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands","Fort Bragg, Hoke County, North Carolina, United States","Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California, United States","Cochran Field (historical), Bibb County, Georgia, United States"]},{"label":"Time Period","value":["(1929-1945) Depression and World War Two"]},{"label":"Description","value":"Manuel Arnaiz Jr. was born November 4, 1920, in Raleigh, N.C., to Emanuel and Jessie Jones Arnaiz. Manual Arnaiz Jr. was raised in Raleigh, where his father worked as a stone cutter. He attended North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) for two years. With the United States' entrance into World War II, Arnaiz Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force at Fort Bragg, N.C., on March 31, 1942. Before he entered service, he was granted a 90-day furlough, and it is unknown when he actually went for basic training. Arnaiz Jr. reported to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama for classification, before he would attend cadet aviation training at Venice Army Air Field, S.C., and later Cochran Army Airfield in Georgia. Arnaiz was kicked out of pilot training after breaking Air Force rules, and was reassigned to attend mechanic school at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. Later, he attended gunnery school at Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, Texas.  With the completion of his Army Air Force training, Arnaiz was initially sent to Edwards Air Force Base in California. He would serve in the Pacific Theater during WWII, and in April 1944 was sent to be stationed Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, where he was assigned as an engineer gunner in the 31st Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, 15th Air Force. Arnaiz flew 42 missions with his squadron over various islands in the South Pacific, including the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Arnaiz Jr. participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. He was rotated back to the United States in March 1945, and was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in June 1945. After his military service, Arnaiz studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and would have a career with the U.S. Postal Service. He married Blanche Christine Duke on September 3, 1946. Manuel Arnaiz, Jr., died on July 18, 2007, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, N.C. 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