ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED 4 MAY 1939 IN DALLAS, TEXAS. SERVED WITH THE 4TH MARINES IN CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR IN MAY 1942. HE SURVIVED THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS, AND WAS LIBERATED IN JAPAN 1945.