Alaska Highway. Company A Commander, 95th Engineer Regiment and European Theater Operations. Born: 12 May 1911, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA. Died: 16 April 1977, Bryn Mawer, Delaware. Enlisted: 3 May 1941, Ft. Belvoir, VA and discharged 25 January 1946. He was promoted from Captain to Major while in England.
Education: Hanover Township High School and Pennsylvania State College, graduated 1931, ROTC, 2nd Lt., Corps of Engineers. His father was John C. Martin, coal miner, and his mother was Minnie L. Martin. He married June Elizabeth Phillippi 22 June 1939 in Winchester, VA. In 1939 he worked as a draftsman for the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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