Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Roanoke, Illinois
Honored By
The AVI8ORS Ensemble
ENLISTED: MARCH 13, 1944. DISCHARGED APRIL 1946. SERVED AS A LAB TECHNICIAN. 1ST CAMP: CAMP GRANT, NEAR ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 2ND CAMP: TECHNICAL SCHOOL, FORT HARRISON, NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 3RD CAMP: FORT LEWIS, NEAR TACOMA, WASHINGTON. 4TH CAMP: CAMP SHELBY IN MISSISSIPPI. THIS WAS FOR TRAINING WITH THE HOSPITAL UNIT; THE 303 GENERAL HOSPITAL NEXT STOP THE MARIANA ISLANDS; FIRST TO TINIAN ISLAND AND THEN SAIPAN. IT WAS ON TINIAN THAT HE SAW THE ENOLA GAY.