- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- 311th Field Artillery Battalion, 79th Infantry Division "Cross of Lorraine", U.S. Army
"...his forward post in Hatten (France) was surrounded. He continued for 34 hours to call in artillery observations before he fled under heavy German fire."
During the battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen in Alsace which began on January , 1945 and lasted 11 days.