Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Faribault, Minnesota
Honored By
Mr. Lloyd E. Erickson
I ENLISTED AT AGE 19 AND WAS SENT TO FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY WHERE I SERVED 18 MONTHS AND BECAME A TANK DRIVING INSTRUCTOR ON MEDIUM TANKS. WE WERE THEN SENT OVERSEAS AND I LANDED AT LE HAVRE, FRANCE. FROM THERE WE WENT TO BELGIUM AND THEN TO GERMANY. I WAS STILL THERE WHEN THE WAR ENDED.