Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Sandwich, Illinois
Honored By
Ms. Norma Hough
TELETYPE OPERATOR, SOUTH PACIFIC. LEFT FOR DUTY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, DECEMBER 1941, AND DID NOT RETURN HOME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945. A VETERAN OF THE HOLLANDIA OPERATION WHICH CUT OFF THE ENTIRE JAPANESE 18TH ARMY AND AGAIN ADVANCED GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S FORCES SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES CLOSER TO THE PHILIPPINES.