Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gowanda, New York
Honored By
Ben Mesches
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. VOLUNTEERED IN 1942. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY IN 1942. ASSIGNED TO ENGLAND FROM 1943 - 1945. IN THE SPRING/SUMMER OF 1945, ASSIGNED TO PACIFIC WITH DUTY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND POST-WAR OCCUPIED JAPAN. RETURNED TO U.S. FROM JAPAN IN EARLY 1946. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT ATTERBURY IN FEBRUARY 1946.