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Friday, March 23, 2007

War hero, WWII POW, Cribbage player...

"Milton was born on May 9, 1924, in Hortonville, son of Frederick and Barbara (Poehlman) Warning. He graduated from Hortonville High School in May of 1942. He joined the United States Army on November 9, 1942, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and served as a Corporal until his honorable discharge in 1945. Milt was assigned to the 9th Division, 52nd Armored Infantry Battalion and served in the European theater, captured in the Battle of the Bulge, and was a Prisoner of War until liberated in April 1945... He loved to hunt and fish, play cribbage and bridge, picking strawberries and raspberries to share..."
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