Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE IN 1943. STATIONED IN EUROPE WITH THE 86TH INFANTRY DIVISION. WOUNDED IN COMBAT IN GERMANY. WON AN APPOINTMENT TO WEST POINT, SIGNED BY GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY AS A FULL COLONEL.