African American, Company F, C, and First BN HQ, Alaska Highway. Born: 8 August 1918, Live Oak, Washington County, Florida. Died: 3 May 1987, Los Angeles California. Enlisted: 21 August 1941 at Camp Blanding, FL.
Education: four years college. His WW2 draft card listed him as a student at Xavier University. Civil occupation: Waiter. In a Florida census his parents were listed as Lucy Winston and Joe Polite. He married Eunice M. Ventress on 24 July 1944 and his second wife, Laura J. Bazile, he married 25 Feb 1972.
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