He registered for the WW II draft on 30 June 1942, and he was listed as an employee of the Alamo Iron Works, San Antonio, Texas. He was 6' 1" tall; weighed 158 pounds; had black hair, hazel eyes and a 'light' complexion; he had a scar on his nose. He entered the service on 03 December 1942 from San Antonio, Texas. He enlisted in the Air Corps as a Private; he had three years of high school education, was single, without dependents and his civilian occupation was listed as: "Draftsmen". We have him listed on the 437th TCG Special Orders #195, dated 27 December 1943; these were the orders generated at Pope Field (Fort Bragg, NC) for the first phase of movement by air and by rail of the 437th personnel to their eventual overseas deployment