Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN THE SPRING OF 1943 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CROFT, SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE SERVED AS A BAZOOKA MAN WITH THE THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION AT ANZIO, THE LIBERATION OF ROME AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE TO THE GERMAN BORDER AT STRASBOURG.