Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Morganton, North Carolina
Honored By
Novaro & Jan Nichols
Relationship
Friends
FIRST SERGEANT E-8. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WHEELER, GEORGIA. IN 1944, SERVED ON OKINAWA IN 1945 UNTIL WAR'S END. HE WAS ONE OF THE 1ST AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO OCCUPY JAPAN AFTER THE BOMBS WERE DROPPED.