Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fox, Oklahoma
Honored By
William E. Shaklee
Relationship
Friend
HE SERVED IN THE 102ND INFANTRY DIVISION, U.S. ARMY, FROM 1943 TO 1946 AS A GUNNER ON A 57 ANTI-TANK GUN AND ALSO WAS A BAZOOKA MAN. HE SERVED IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE AND GERMANY. HIS DIVISION HAD ADVANCED TO WITHIN 50 MILES OF BERLIN WHEN THE HOSTILITIES CEASED IN EUROPE.