Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dickenson County, Virginia
Honored By
Lane Coulter Chapel
JOINED THE ARMY ON MAY 27, 1943. SERVED IN ITALY, AFRICA AND EUROPE. VOLUNTEERED TO BECOME A PARATROOPER AND LATER BECAME A SNIPER HUNTER. RALPH NADER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO DRIVE TANKER TRUCKS DURING WWII. HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON DECEMBER 30, 1945, OBTAINING THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE.