Across the street from his home at 7 Robertson Rd,
    West Orange, NJ - circa 1932-1933.

Fort Sill, Oklahoma
    Entering the Korean War at 21 years of age

I was born in Oct. 1930. Too young for WW2 so joined NJ State Guard at 14 and served as a Thompson sub machine gunner. Drafted at 21 and took basic and FDC training at Fort Sill. Then to C Battery in May 1952. When told that there was no immediate opening in FDC I asked for Communications or Jeep driver assignment. I was given both.

I was a Staff Sgt. as Chief of Detail Section when we moved to �Artillery Valley�. Later when we were south of Panmunjan I was acting Battery Commander of about 75 men when the guns left for another area. When we left that location I was again acting Battery Commander of the advance party for the next location before the guns arrived.

A few weeks before my overdue rotation by points I was asked to extend my time in C Battery for three months by Captain Cole. He said that a promotion to Sgt. First Class was in the works and as soon as it was confirmed he would put me in for promotion to Master Sgt. He said a replacement for me was lacking. I told him that the current �quiet time� would best for a replacement I recommended from Detail Section. Thus, Henry Tentou did get the job after I left.
During my only contact with Henry a few years later he said that C Battery lost much equipment and the adjacent 555th 105 Bn. lost half their men about two weeks after I left.

I was separated from the service about two months earlier than the required two years in August 1953.

I was among the fortunate people that believed in the need for some form of military service to our country and families. There was never a moment of resentment or self-pity. I am pleased that I was able to make a reasonable contribution.