Soldier Details

Division:

Army Air Corps

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Apr 7, 1943 - Dec 7, 1945

Honored By:

Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

Herbert entered service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on April 7, 1943. He did basic training at Sheppard Field Texas. He went to radio school at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He went to Polk Air Base to the 442 Troup Carrier group-North Carolina and shipped to England on March 1944. The 442 Group was part of D-Day, Invasion of Southern France, Battle of the Bulge and crossing the Rhine River.