Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lenox, Iowa
Honored By
William D. Wray
Relationship
Brother
BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA. AFTER PEARL HARBOR, SENT TO FORT DIX AND THEN TO IRELAND IN APRIL 1942. MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS 34TH DIVISION. SERVED OVERSEAS IN IRELAND, AFRICA AND ITALY. SERVED IN THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE OF HILL 609; 34TH DIVISION BECAME PART OF THE 5TH ARMY AND WENT TO ITALY IN SEPTEMBER 1943. PAUL AND HIS BROTHER GUY, JR. MET UP WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN ITALY.