Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Honored By
Family and NC Triangle Flight of Honor
45TH INFANTRY DIVISION. MADE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AT MARSEILLES; WAS IN COMBAT FOR MORE THEN (3) MONTHS AS A SQUAD LEADER OF A RIFLE SQUAD. CAPTURED NOVEMBER 28, 1944, SPENT (5) MONTHS IN A LABOR CAMP. WAS LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY AFTER BEING HELD FOR (1) MONTH, THE RUSSIAN ARMY TURNED HIM OVER TO THE AMERICAN ARMY ON MAY 28, 1945. HE SPENT 6 1/2 MONTHS IN ARMY HOSPITALS AND THEN DISCHARGED WITH A HONORABLE MEDICAL DISCHARGE.