Mr. Nelson served during the Korean War in the
3rd Armored Division in the United
States Army. He trained at Fort Jackson in basic infantry. He
applied to and was accepted into the OCS and was sent to Fort Riley,
Kansas. He left there as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was then
assigned to Fort Lee, Virginia in the
Quartermaster Corps.
He was there to train as a Quartermaster Supply Officer. He was
dispatched to Ft. Knox, Kentucky in the commissary as an Assistant
Commissary Officer. He
achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
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