Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Easton, Kansas
Honored By
Barbara Jo Mulvihill & Eileen Harmon
Relationship
Daughters
WORKED AT NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, MILITARY AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION PLANT IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER 1943. THEN JOINED THE 259TH ENGINEERING COMBAT BATTALION, COMPANY C ON NOVEMBER 29, 1943. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT FORT ROBINSON, ARKANSAS, STATIONED FIRST AT CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA AND THEN AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA. HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON OCTOBER 20, 1944, THEN HE RETURNED TO NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION WHERE HE WORKED FROM NOVEMBER 1944 UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN AUGUST 1945.