Enlisted
on 1 October 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Assigned to the 34th
Infantry Division "Red Bull" 168th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion Fifth US
Army. Landed at Algiers, North Africa. A Veteran of Tunisian and Italian
Campaign. Awards include Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart with oak leaf
cluster and Distinguished Unit Citation for Heroic Action at Mount Pastano,
Italy.Discharged on 1 June 1945.