Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ames, Iowa
Honored By
Family
SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA. CAPTURED BY GERMANS AT BIZERTE, TUNISIA; DECEMBER 1942. PRISONER OF WAR IN ITALIAN CONCENTRATION CAMP #59, MILITARY POST 3300; JANUARY 1943. RELEASED TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY 200 MILES TO ALLIED LINES SEPTEMBER 1943. RETURNED TO DUTY IN U.S. ARMY, JULY 1944.