Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Vacherie, Louisiana
Honored By
Master Leo P. Dumas
DEPARTED ENGLAND WITH A CONVOY OF SHIPS EN ROUTE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO BE THE INVASION. DISEMBARKED IN NORMANDY A FEW DAYS AFTER D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944, AT WHICH TIME MY UNIT WAS GIVEN THE MISSION TO SUPPORT THE COMBAT TROOPS ENGAGED IN COMBAT AGAINST THE GERMANS.