Gender

Male

Birth date

1925-5-11

Place of birth

Santa Maria CA, U.S.A.

Inducted

1944-6-6, Salt Lake City UT

Enlistment type

Draftee

Service branch

Army

Service type

War

Unit type

Combat

Units served

442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd battalion, Company F, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad

Military specialty

Infantry

Stationed

Camp Hood, TX; France; Italy.

Separated

Camp Beale CA

Unit responsibility

Infantry. Regimental Combat Team

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Rhineland Campaign; Northern Appennines Campaign; Po Valley Campaign.

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Combat Infantry Badge; Sharp Shooter's Badge; Bronze Star; WW II Victory Medal; WW II Occupation Medal; European Theater of Operation Medal with 3 Campaign Stars; Good Conduct Medal.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Sniper's bullet went through my helmet but I was not hit, only grazed my eye.

Additional information

At least I got to see parts of Europe good or bad. Especially after the war going on R & R's.