Sexo

Male

Birth date

1926-9-25

Local de nascimento

Geneva IL, U.S.A.

Inducted

1945-6-29, Indiantown Gap PA

Tipo de alistamento

Draftee

Ramo das Forças Armadas

Army

Tipo de serviço

War

Tipo de Unidade

Support

Unidades onde serviu

3rd Army, 7th Regiment

Military specialty

Clerk - typist

Stationed

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

Separated

Fort Dix NJ

Unit responsibility

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

Personal responsibility

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

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

None - Occupation

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Marksman Badge; Outstanding Trainee (Basic Training)

Living conditions

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.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Nothing stands out.

Missed most whilst in the military

Participating in sports activities; lack of freedom.

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

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