Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Ida Grove, Iowa
Honored By
Ida Grove American Legion
ENLISTED JANUARY 25, 1943. OVERSEAS IN AUGUST 1943. ARRIVED IN NEW CALEDONIA, GUADALCANAL IN MAY 1945 AND TO OKINAWA. SAW TWO BOMBERS ARRIVE TO SIGN SURRENDER PAPERS WITH GENERAL MACARTHUR. DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.