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.