Gender

Male

Birth date

1916-1-14

Place of birth

Idaho ID, U.S.A.

Inducted

1942-2-9, Ft. Douglas UT

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

442nd Regimental Combat Team

Military specialty

Rifleman

Stationed

Camp Grant, IL
Italy; France

Unit responsibility

Infantry

Personal responsibility

Rifleman

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rescue of Lost Battalion; Battle of Bruyeres; Po Valley Campaign

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

American Theater of Operation Service Ribbon
European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon
Good Conduct Medal AR 600-68
Distinguished Unit Badge
Victory Medal
Infantryman Badge
Marksman Rifle

Living conditions

Slept in foxholes, in rain standing against tree, barns, houses, out in open.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Seeing young men killed or wounded and can't help them.

Missed most whilst in the military

Home life, relatives and friends; home cooked meals; and decent sleeping quarters.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

Came home a better and wiser man.