Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Honored By
Mr. Ray Emond
Relationship
Nephew
On January 4, 1941 was stationed at Clark Air Base, Philippines. captured and survived the Bataan Death March and prison camps. Sent on cattle boat to Japan; worked in a coal mine in Osaka, Japan. A prisoner of war for 41 months; wounded on Bataan. Received the Purple Heart.