Hometown
Beulah, North Dakota
Honored By
Ray M. Hagen
AT AGE 13, TOOK OVER A FULL-TIME JOB ON A LARGE FARM AND ALSO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL. HIS OLDER BROTHERS WERE IN THE MILITARY. AT A NAVAL INDUCTION CENTER THE DAY THE WAR ENDED. LATER SERVED AS IN U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.