Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Paula Lucy Delosh
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL GRADUATE, INFANTRY OFFICER. ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1942, ENTERED COMBAT AT VENAFRO, ITALY IN NOVEMBER 1943. WOUNDED IN ITALY AND CAPTURED FEBRUARY 16,1944. HELD IN GERMAN CAMP AT OFFIZIERSLAGER OFFICERS CAMP 64, POLAND, FROM APRIL 6,1944 TO JANUARY 1945, TEN MONTHS UNTIL HIS ESCAPE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.