Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Chuckey, Tennessee
Honored By
Evelyn Stephens
Relationship
Friend Of The Family
ENTERED THE ARMY MARCH, 1942. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 325TH INFANTRY, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, COMPANY M. HE FLEW GLIDERS. HE WAS WOUNDED GOING INTO NORMANDY IN A GLIDER. HE WAS IN BATTLES IN SICILY, SALERNO AND NORMANDY. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1944 BUT REMAINED IN THE VETERANS HOSPITAL UNTIL 1948 RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS.