Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Des Moines, Iowa
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He served in the U.S. Army on the front line in Belgium with the 106th Infantry Division, 423rd Regiment, Company I at the start of the Battle of the Bulge where he became a prisoner of war. He was assigned to a work Kommando, located in Dresden, Germany, and survived the deadly 1945 firestorm bombing raids.