Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Kane, Pennsylvania
Honored By
BRTRC
JULY 1944 DURING HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR AVRANCHES, FRANCE; WOUNDED AND TAKEN PRISONER. ESCAPED FROM A POW CAMP IN SEPTEMBER AND REMAINED AT LARGE. WALKED 320 MILES ACROSS GERMANY, THROUGH NUMEROUS TRAVAILS AND FINALLY REACHED U.S. FORCES AT THE RHINE APRIL 1945.