Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ada, Oklahoma
Honored By
Eleanor G. Colvin
Relationship
Wife
LANDED WITH GENERAL PATTON’S NORTH AFRICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES ON MOROCCO IN LATE 1942, THEN MOVED ACROSS NORTH AFRICA TO SICILY FOLLOWING THE INVASION THERE. THEN ON TO ITALY FOLLOWING THE INVASION ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT. HE REMAINED IN ITALY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945.