Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Louisville, Kentucky
Honored By
Mary Peoples Sheps
Relationship
Niece
CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY FROM THE ARMY RESERVES ON JANUARY 5, 1942. WENT TO INFANTRY SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. JOINED THE PARATROOPERS IN APRIL 1942. STATIONED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA IN MAY 1942. DEPLOYED TO THE PACIFIC THEATER IN OCTOBER 1942 AND SERVED THERE UNTIL DECEMBER 1945.