Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
League City, Texas
Honored By
John E. Weaver
Drafted August 1941. Basic training at Fort Warren, Wyoming. Officer Candidate School (OCS) Camp Lee, Virginia. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, assigned to 11th Port of Embarkation. Cardiff, Wales June 1943 to March 1944. Provisional Special Brigade March 1944. Pre-invasion planning March 1944 to June 1944. Landed on Omaha Beach, D-Day. Promoted to Captain, Transportation Corps 1/1/1945; separated March 1946.