Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Waterloo, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
Drafted 1943 and served with 5th Portable Surgical Hospital in major invasions into New Guinea, East Indies, Philippine Islands, Leyte, Luzon, Okinawa and Japan. Was medical technician, company clerk and chief clerk in administrative section supervising 33 men who maintained soldier's records, affairs and correspondence.