Died: 07/31/2010 Branch: Army Commendation: War Served: Korean, WW II Rank: Colonel Battles: Solomon Islands Unit/Ship: 169th Infantry Regiment Served In: Camp Blanding, FL; Camp Shelby, MS; New Zealand; Guadalcanal; Russell Islands; Solomon Islands; New Georgia; Germany, South & Central Pacific Theater of Operations.
Citation: Higgins, Sr., John J., Veterans History Project Interview, October 22, 2007, by Michelle Delvecchio, Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University.