Sexo

Male

Fecha de Nacimiento

1926-9-25

Lugar de Nacimiento

Geneva IL, U.S.A.

Inducted

1945-6-29, Indiantown Gap PA

Tipo de Alistamiento

Draftee

Afiliación Militar

Army

Tipo de servicio prestado

War

Tipo de unidad militar

Support

Unidades a las que sirvió

3rd Army, 7th Regiment

Especialidad militar

Clerk - typist

Asignado

USA - Indiantown Gap, PA; Camp Blanding, FL; Camp Pickett, VA; Camp Shanks, NY; Ft. Dix, NJ; - Germany

Retirado

Fort Dix NJ

Responsabilidad en la unidad

Processing personnel through a replacement depot in Marburg, Germany. Transferred to operate a message center near Bad Nauheim.

Responsabilidad individual

Morning clerk in replacement depot. Operated message center re:above

Batallas principales (si sirvió en una zona de guerra)

None - Occupation

Reconocimientos, medallas, menciones (individuales o de la unidad)

Marksman Badge; Outstanding Trainee (Basic Training)

Condiciones de Vida

Barracks and mess hall, and occasional movie on post during basic training. 'Occupied' dormitory-type building with dining hall in replacement depot; meals were decent; only entertainment was a U. S. O. - type facility. At message center: Lived in private dwelling with owner consigned to a basement apartment. Excellent meals at a villa (officers' quarters) prepared by a hired civilian cook.

Recuerdo más vívido de la experiencia militar

Nothing stands out.

Lo que más extraño durante su tiempo en las fuerzas armadas

Participating in sports activities; lack of freedom.

¿En lo personal, qué obtuvo de su experiencia militar?

A sense of having fulfilled a duty when called upon during a war-time situation.