Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Marshall, Minnesota
Honored By
Philip Allen
Relationship
Son
WAS IN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA FOR BOOT CAMP, THEN TO EUROPE IN 1944; NAPLES, ITALY TO FRANCE (NORMANDY AFTER D-DAY). CAPTURED AFTER THANKSGIVING AND TAKEN TO FIRST PRISONER OF WAR CAMP THEN TO STALAG 7A (NEAR MOOSBURG, GERMANY). LIBERATED IN 1945. LEFT EUROPE FROM LA HAVRE, FRANCE.