Adrian was inducted into the U.S.Army on December 21, 1944, at the age of 19.
Adrian was a platoon sergeant and was assigned to Asiatic Pacific Theater.
He had the duty towards the end of the war as a member of the American occupation troops in Korea that formally was a Japanese stronghold.
He remembers that one of the duties assigned to his unit was to disarm a Japanese cavalry unit. During this time, they found a Korean child about 7 years old that was without a family. He was eating out of garbage cans, and as sometimes happened with American soldiers, the Americans took the child under their wing to care and feed the little boy.
One of Adrian’s most fervent memories of this time was that a Lt. Young was going to try and adopt the young boy, but unfortunately, Adrian never found out if this actually happened.
Adrian was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon, the WWII Victory Medal, good conduct medal, two overseas gold bars, and the Occupation of Japan medal.
He was discharged in November 1946.
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