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Contact Info
Home Town Wetumpka, AL
Last Address Wetumpka, AL
Date of Passing Feb 11, 1954
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Aleutians Islands Campaign (1942-43)/Invasion & Occupation of Attu
From Month/Year
May / 1943
To Month/Year
May / 1943
Description Because of poor weather, limited photo intel, initial planning estimated 27,000 Japanese garrison troops based on vessel movements. Intel provided just prior to D-day drasticly reduced those estimates to less than 1,600.