Enlisted and was sent to Ft. Belvoir in Combat Engs. Near end of training was transferred to Advanced Inf. training at Camp Howze for 6 weeks along with the rest of the group as Inf. casualty replacements. In France was put in the 3rd Bn 7th Inf Reg
3rd Inf Div and went on through Germany and into Austria as a dogface PFC. Went
overseas onthe Queen Mary I believe, and returned in Apr. '46 on the La Crosse Victory
ship,. when my rotation points came up for discharge. Was discharged on May 6 "46.
Enlistment then (or being drafted) was for the duration of hostilities plus 6 months?)
I still keep in contact with some aquaintences from the 7th Inf Reg. and others from
ww 2 that post on www.military . com WW 2 forum. Right now there are 4 of us on
there that served in combat in ww 2.