Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dundee, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1943 AND SENT TO OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. GRADUATED 2ND LIEUTENANT, INFANTRY, ASSIGNED TO CAMP SWIFT, TEXAS WITH 97TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN APRIL 1944. SENT OVERSEAS AND ASSIGNED 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, CAPTURED BY GERMANS ON NOVEMBER 7, 1944. CAMP LIBERATED ON APRIL 7, 1945 AND SHIPPED HOME. DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER 1946.