Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Perkins, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
INDUCTED INTO THE SERVICE IN THE ENGINEER CORPS IN JANUARY 1942. LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES (OSS), THE U.S. WARTIME INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. AN INTERESTING FOOTNOTE TO HIS SERVICE WAS THAT HE DROVE A JEEP FOR GENERAL GEORGE PATTON. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.