Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Angelo, Texas
Honored By
Joe Fields
VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ARMY SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, BUT WAS REJECTED FOR MEDICAL REASONS. IN 1944, HE WAS DRAFTED AND WENT ON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO LIBERATE THE PHILIPPINE JAPANESE ISLANDS WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HE SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN KOREA UNTIL HIS RELEASE FROM THE ARMY IN 1946.