Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Southside, Tennessee
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Served as Assistant Commandant of the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia and was instrumental in training more than 60,000 Second Lieutenants of Infantry, as well as thousands of officers and enlisted personnel. He went overseas on a special observation mission to the European Theater of Operations and to the Philippine Islands. He was present in Manila on V-J Day. Received Legion of Merit.