Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fairmont, North Carolina
Honored By
Sylvia Oliver Huggins
Relationship
Niece
INDUCTED INTO ARMY WHILE A STUDENT AT DUKE UNIVERSITY IN NOVEMBER 1944. TRAINED AT CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA; FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND CAMP RUCKER, ALABAMA. WAS ON A SHIP TO EUROPE WHEN THAT WAR ENDED, SO THE SHIP DIVERTED TO JAPAN ARRIVING JUST AFTER V-J DAY. WAS A SUPPLY SERGEANT.