Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Bauxite, Arkansas
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1942 AND SENT TO CAMP WOLTERS, TEXAS FOR BASIC TRAINING. LATER ASSIGNED TO COMPANY C, 37TH TANK BATTALION, SHIPPED OVERSEAS AND ATTACHED TO 3D US ARMY IN 1944. UNIT WENT THROUGH FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, UNIT WENT INTO BASTOGNE AND RESCUED THE MEN THERE. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, UNIT WAS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.