My dad's name was Tony Cisneros, from Brownsville ,Texas. His father was an artist and sign painter and he was artist and sign painter.
This will be important later. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Dad volunteered for the Army like many did at the time. He was just another GI private, doing jobs that most lowly GIs do. One day a Captain with a driver, pulled up in a Jeep and asked if he was Tony Cisneros my father replied yes and the Captain said get in. My Dad though he was in trouble but did as he was told. The Army Air Force was looking for artist, illustrators, press operators, photographers anyone with graphics back ground. Out of 300 or 400 people my Dad and a few others were assigned to the Army Air Force to work directly under the command of Curtis Lemay. They would be responsible for a monthly publication called the "Bomb Rack", also they also painted signs as needed for the base in Guam, nose art, truck lettering, flight scheduling charts and so on. When dad finally got settled in in Guam, he reported directly to Lemay. Dad said, Lemay pulled out a bottle of whiskey and poured them both a drink and proceeded to tell my dad what he needed him to do, and who to talk to if he needed any specialty supplies. My dad had a drink with Lemay!! Wow! More to follow.....Stand By.... .