As a young boy, worked for the Cadillac Evening News, delivering newspapers. 1935 joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) spending time in Au Train, Michigan. 1940 joined the Michigan National Guard-Red Arrow Division. 1941 the Guard was moved into the U.S. Army. Orland was in the 32nd Division, 126th Infantry. The Red Arrow Division fought in six major engagements in four campaigns involving 654 days of combat, more than any other American Division. Orland spent forty months in the Southwest Pacific Theater. First saw action in Buna, then Papuan, New Guinea (he was with the group that had to walk over the Owen Stanley Mountains), Leyte, & Luzon.
Married Dorothy in 1941
Father of five
Married Dorothy in 1941
Father of five
As a young boy, worked for the Cadillac Evening News, delivering newspapers. 1935 joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) spending time in Au Train, Michigan. 1940 joined the Michigan National Guard-Red Arrow Division. 1941 the Guard was moved into the U.S. Army. Orland was in the 32nd Division, 126th Infantry. The Red Arrow Division fought in six major engagements in four campaigns involving 654 days of combat, more than any other American Division. Orland spent forty months in the Southwest Pacific Theater. First saw action in Buna, then Papuan, New Guinea (he was with the group that had to walk over the Owen Stanley Mountains), Leyte, & Luzon.
Married Dorothy in 1941
Father of five
Married Dorothy in 1941
Father of five
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