Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army with Company A, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry 'Thunderbirds' Division during WWII. His unit went to Sicily in 1943 in preparation for the invasion of Italy. They fought their way up the coast and captured Naples and in 1944 joined the Allied Anzio Campaign to oust the Germans from Rome. They then moved on to France and advanced into Germany where they captured the cities of Aschaffenburg, Nuremberg and Munich.