103rd Cactus Division

ENTERED SERVICE FROM HASBROUCK HEIGHTS , NJ.  COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP BLANDING.  WANTED TO JOIN PARATROOPERS BUT WAS SENT OVERSEAS ON THE AQUATANIA ON 1/23/45.  ARRIVED IN ENGLAND AND THEN TO LE HAVRE ON 2/2/45.  ASSIGNED TO D-COMPANY @ BOUXWILLER IN LATE FEBRUARY. WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL, 3/21/45 AT THE SIEGFRIED LINE NEAR REISDORF, GERMANY. SERVED IN ARMY OF OCCUPATION WITH 2ND CHEM MORTAR BN.  RETURNED TO STATES IN MID-1946. 

Combat Infantry Badge