Hometown
Ft. Worth, Texas
Honored By
Conrad L. Dupree
FIRST LANDED AT CAIRO, EGYPT WHERE BATTLE WAS ON. IT PUSHED GERMANS BACK UP THE COAST AND OVER TO ITALY. THEN FLEW TO CHINA-BURMA-INDIA AS CHAPLAIN FOR ALL AREAS AND WAS WITH MERRILL'S MARAUDERS WHEN OVER 80-PERCENT WERE KILLED AND WAS IN PROVINCE OF ASSAM AS JAPANESE CAME OVER. 2 BATTLE INJURIES, 2 DIFFERENT FRONTS. IN 8 BATTLE COMBAT ZONES OVERSEAS FOR 4 1/2 YEARS.