Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Woodland, California
Honored By
Miss Mollie L. Pryor
WHILE WAITING FOR HIS COMMISSION TO COME THROUGH, MY DAD WAS DRAFTED. WHILE COMPLETING HIS BASIC TRAINING IN TEXAS, HIS COMMISSION CAME THROUGH. HE WAS PROMOTED TO 2ND LIEUTENANT. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO FORT BAKER, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE SERVED AS A SANITATION OFFICER FOR MOST OF WWII.