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INDUCTED INTO THE SERVICE AT FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS ON JUNE 4, 1942. DEPARTED FOR OVERSEAS DUTY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON DECEMBER 27, 1942. UPON ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNED TO THE 114TH ENGINEERS, 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION (RED ARROW DIVISION). TOOK PART IN ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN (SAIDOR; AITAPE, DRINIUMOR RIVER AND MOROTAI ISLAND), IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN (LEYTE), AND THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. AWARDED ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE CAMPAIGN STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LIBERATION MEDAL, PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT VICTORY MEDAL AND COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE. RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA FROM FOREIGN SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 2, 1945. DISCHARGED AT FORT LOGAN, COLORADO ON NOVEMBER 8, 1945.