Gordon D. Shirreffs

Gordon Donald Shirreffs was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1935, he became a clerk for the Union Tank Car Company. In 1940 he left the company to serve in the army. He trained as an artillery officer with the 39th Artillery Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas, then went into combat overseas from 1940-45. In 1946, returning to the U.S. after the war, he resumed his position at the Union Tank Car Co. He also began taking night classes in writing …