Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Stillwater, Ohio
Honored By
Dover High School
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII. HE WAS HEADED FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN AND WAS JUST OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMAN DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT STOPPED THE INVASION. HE WAS PART OF THE DISARMAMENT OF JAPAN AND SERVED THERE UNTIL THE FALL OF 1946 WHERE HE ACHIEVED THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT.