Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Indian Head, Maryland
Honored By
Gary & Jeanie Woods
Relationship
Son-in-law, Daughter & Family
DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1944. BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA. SERVED FROM 1944 TO 1945 WITH THE U.S. ARMY INFANTRY IN THE PACIFIC. SERVED IN A COMBAT AREA AND WITNESSED THE SURRENDER OF SEVERAL JAPANESE SOLDIERS. HE WAS ON GUAM AND THEN IN SAIPAN WHEN THE WAR ENDED.