Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Frank J. Cichocki
THE 558TH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTALION. INDUCTED ON APRIL 19, 1943 AT FORT MEYERS; WASHINGTON, D.C. 7 MONTHS MANEUVERS IN LOUISIANA. OVERSEAS TO ENGLAND, THEN TO EUROPE. RANK, OPERATIONS SERGEANT. IN FRANCE, HOLLAND, GERMANY, BAVARIA. SERGEANT, PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. TRANSFERRED TO ANTWERP, BELGIUM. RETURNED TO U.S. IN 1946.