Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Calvin, Kentucky
Honored By
Jerry M. Ashley
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED WITH 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, LANDING IN ALGERIA TO TUNISIA. COMBAT JUMP IN SICILY TO ITALY. LANDING AT ANZIO. TO ENGLAND. COMBAT JUMP IN NIJMEGEN, BELGIUM. CAPTURED AT NIJMEGEN AND TAKEN TO DUSSELDORF TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMP 13. LIBERATED BY RED ARMY, RETURNED TO UNITED STATES.