Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Seymour, Texas
AFTER BASIC, FOUGHT ON BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR. CAPTURED ON CORREGIDOR AND WAS IN CABANATUAN, CLARK FIELD, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THEN SENT TO ONOMICHI, JAPAN. SPENT 3 1/2 YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR. RETURNED HOME IN OCTOBER 1945.