The War Department says that dad died at Puffendorf, Germany. So far, I don't have too much information about it except what has been told to me by dad's oldest sister, who was a wonderful person and one of my dearest aunts. My mother told me a little about him, too -- that he was a shall we say, comic. Always pulling something. I have a few pictures of him at a young age. I don't remember him at all but I do know that there is a vast emptiness where he should be.

I am very proud to be his son. I have the book about the 2nd Armored division (Hell On Wheels), and I must say that that was a rugged bunch.