James joined the U.S Army during WWII and was fortunate enough to survive the battle of D-Day were he hit the beach with the second wave of U.S. troops during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. When he jumped out of his landing craft, he sank below the waves. He had to remove his helmet and rifle before he could reach the surface. When he got to shore, he took one of many helmets and rifles from his dead comrads and slowly worked his way to Germany.
After the war, he returned home and married Ruby Muncie. They moved to California shortly after getting married, where they had 5 children together. James and Ruby were divorced, but later remarried.
James worked as a television repairman and sold used furniture after his military career ended in 1945. He finally settled down as a refigeration mechanic with U.S. Borax where he retired after a long career.
James died of cancer at the home of his daughter, Kathi, in Las Vegas, Nevada surrounded by family and loved ones. He was cremated and his ashed were placed on a hill that overlooks the house in California where he lived with his wife.
After the war, he returned home and married Ruby Muncie. They moved to California shortly after getting married, where they had 5 children together. James and Ruby were divorced, but later remarried.
James worked as a television repairman and sold used furniture after his military career ended in 1945. He finally settled down as a refigeration mechanic with U.S. Borax where he retired after a long career.
James died of cancer at the home of his daughter, Kathi, in Las Vegas, Nevada surrounded by family and loved ones. He was cremated and his ashed were placed on a hill that overlooks the house in California where he lived with his wife.
James joined the U.S Army during WWII and was fortunate enough to survive the battle of D-Day were he hit the beach with the second wave of U.S. troops during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. When he jumped out of his landing craft, he sank below the waves. He had to remove his helmet and rifle before he could reach the surface. When he got to shore, he took one of many helmets and rifles from his dead comrads and slowly worked his way to Germany.
After the war, he returned home and married Ruby Muncie. They moved to California shortly after getting married, where they had 5 children together. James and Ruby were divorced, but later remarried.
James worked as a television repairman and sold used furniture after his military career ended in 1945. He finally settled down as a refigeration mechanic with U.S. Borax where he retired after a long career.
James died of cancer at the home of his daughter, Kathi, in Las Vegas, Nevada surrounded by family and loved ones. He was cremated and his ashed were placed on a hill that overlooks the house in California where he lived with his wife.
After the war, he returned home and married Ruby Muncie. They moved to California shortly after getting married, where they had 5 children together. James and Ruby were divorced, but later remarried.
James worked as a television repairman and sold used furniture after his military career ended in 1945. He finally settled down as a refigeration mechanic with U.S. Borax where he retired after a long career.
James died of cancer at the home of his daughter, Kathi, in Las Vegas, Nevada surrounded by family and loved ones. He was cremated and his ashed were placed on a hill that overlooks the house in California where he lived with his wife.
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