| Description | His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. His education and pre-World War II job experiences; induction into the Army, October 24, 1941; basic training, Camp Wallace, Texas, 1941-42; Officers Candidate School, Camp Davis, North Carolina, 1942; assignment to the 863rd Antiaircraft Battalion, Washington, DC, 1942-43; transfer to Buffalo, New York, 1943; voyage to England on the Queen Mary, 1944; assignment to France, 1944, and temporary transfer to a transportation unit supplying the 3rd Army; black market activities; Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945, and his return to the 863rd Antiaircraft Battalion; his departure from Europe, 1945. |
