Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Zion, Illinois
Honored By
Marlone Pumala and Roy
DRAFTED IN 1943 AND SERVED IN THE U.S. UNTIL OCTOBER, 1944. LANDED IN EUROPE, FOUGHT NEAR ANTWERP, HOLLAND; COLOGNE, FRANCE AND A COUPLE RIVER BATTLES. MET RUSSIAN ARMY IN EAST BERLIN. CAME HOME FOR 30 DAY LEAVE AND SENT TO WEST COAST TO READY FOR INVASION OF JAPAN. THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED AND THE WAR ENDED.