Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Beaver Crossing, Nebraska
Honored By
Friend
IN AUGUST 1944, WAS IN INDIA WHERE HIS UNIT WON THE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION. RECEIVED THE EXPERT INFANTRY BADGE, BEEN WITH MERRILL'S MARAUDERS BEHIND THE JAPANESE LINES IN BURMA. APRIL 1945, WAS SERGEANT AND HE WAS STILL IN BURMA AFTER 18 MONTHS OVERSEAS.