Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Hindman, Kentucky
Honored By
Eva Hays
Relationship
Wife
FOUR YEARS IN EUROPEAN THEATER; ICELAND, ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE. 1941-1945, LIEUTENANT TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL, 10TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, FIFTH DIVISION, PATTON'S THIRD ARMY. FIVE BATTLE CAMPAIGNS, NORMANDY TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA. BATTALION COMMANDER. WOUNDED IN FRANCE JULY 1944. RETIRED AFTER 24 YEARS SERVICE AS COLONEL 1962.