Tom enlisted 25-JAN 1944 at Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. Thomas Buss served in the 381st Regiment, Company M in the 96th Army Division. The division was ordered into active service on 15-AUG 1942, eight months after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II.
Tom’s last action was on Okinawa, the meat grinder.
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