Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Eleanor Sattin Raynes
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1942. FOLLOWING TRAINING AT CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA AND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND, HE WAS SENT TO NORTH AFRICA WITH A BOMB DISPOSAL GROUP. AFTER A YEAR IN NORTH AFRICA, HE WAS SENT TO SICILY AND THEN FOLLOWED THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN NORTH THROUGH ITALY. HE WAS IN TRIESTE AT THE END OF THE EUROPEAN WAR AND REMAINED IN THE ARMY RESERVE UPON HIS RETURN TO THE U.S.