After six months of basic training, Chainsaw Chicken sailed to Europe on the USS General Randall.
For the next 18 months, he served in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps in Friedberg, Germany, along with Elvis Presley, where they both attained the rank of sergeant.
Not being forced to kitchen duties for obvious reasons, Chainsaw Chicken tested for ‘dud’ tank rounds.