Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mattapan, Massachusetts
Honored By
Sheila & Ed Sneyd
SERVED 1940-1945. SERVED WITH THE 87TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMMISSIONED 1ST LIEUTENANT IN 1943. LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY AND FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE ARDENNES. WAS CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR FOR FIVE MONTHS BETWEEN STALAG 13, SOUTH OF BERLIN AND OFLAG 64 IN POLAND.