| Branch of Service or Wartime Activity: |
Army |
|
Enlisted |
| Service dates: |
1941 to 1945 |
| Highest Rank: |
Corporal |
| Unit, Division, Battalion, Group, Ship, etc. |
Big Red One 1st Infantry |
| War, operation, or conflict served in: |
WWII |
| Locations of service: |
Europe & the Pacific |
| Special duties / highlights / achievements: |
M-1 Sharp Shooter |
| Was the veteran a prisoner of war? |
No |
| Did the veteran sustain combat or service-related injuries? |
Yes |
| Addional Bio Info: |
Left high school at age 17 in 1942 – joined army
Basic training in Dyersburg, TN and Guard Duty
Left Boston on ship to England – missed D-Day by 2 weeks
Met W. Churchill while in England – W.C. took up for American soldiers walking down street
Shook hands w/ Roosevelt before ware in Chicago
From England to France by boat and walked into Germany
Slept outside in foxholes and elements – 0 degrees sometimes. For about 2 months
Injured from a shell explosion and thrown about 12 feet. Kept fighting – injuries not know until after the war – spent time in the Moore Gen. Hosp. NC and recuperated in the Biltmoore House, NC |