Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Children & Their Spouses, Grandchildren & Great-Grandchildren
PRIVATE. SERVED IN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT. INJURED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN RE-COILED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT, CRUSHING BIG TOE. SPENT MORE THAN 2 YEARS IN ARMY HOSPITALS RECOVERING FROM THIS ACCIDENT. SPENT LOTS OF TIME IN ARMY HOSPITAL IN CAMP EDWARDS, MASSACHUSETTS AND IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI.