 
  
                           
Enlisted 
9 December 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Discharged 28 June 
1945.Served with the 
Fifth Army in the Mediterranean Theater of 
Operation. Awarded the Distinguished 
Service Cross for extraordinary 
heroism in operations against armed enemy near 
Campo di Carne, Italy 
on 21 and 22 February 1944. Aided in the evacuation of 
wounded under 
severe artillery shelling. Awards include The Purple Heart and 
Italian War
Cross.