Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tyndall, South Dakota
Honored By
Morris A. Hicks
IN 1940 HE WAS STATIONED AT STERNBERG HOSPITAL IN MANILA. IN MAY 1942 HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE SURRENDERING ON CORREGIDOR ISLAND IN MANILA BAY. IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR AT BATAAN, CAMP O’DONNELL, CABANATUAN JUAN, AND LATER AT OSAKA MAIN CAMP IN JAPAN, NOVEMBER 1945.