103rd Cactus Division

ENTERED SERVICE ON 6/24/42.  BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP WOLTERS WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY POLICE ESCORT GUARD (MPEG).  SHIPPED OUT TO ORAN, AFRICA TO PICKUP POWS FROM HITLER'S AFRICA KORPS.  AFTER RETURNING THEM TO CAMP FORREST, TN, HE WAS SENT TO CAMP JOHNSTON FOR D-DAY INVASION TRAINING.  SHIPPED OUT TO ENGLAND IN SPRING '44.  HIS PART OF THE INVASION PLANS WERE SCRAPPED AND HE JOINED D-CO IN NOV '44 AROUND ST. DIE.  WAS AT THE FRONT THROUGH INNSBRUCK.  TRANSFERRED TO 2ND CHEM. MORTAR BN.