Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
RESIGNED FROM COLLEGE AND ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1942, ONE MONTH AFTER THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK. SHIPPED TO AUSTRALIA WHERE HE JOINED THE 5TH AIR CORPS HEADQUARTERS IN BRISBANE. LATER SERVED IN THE WAR ZONE ON NEW GUINEA AND THEN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.