Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Torrance, California
Honored By
James A. Daniel
AFTER COMPLETION OF FLIGHT TRAINING WAS ASSIGNED TO AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND, NORTH AFRICA DIVISION, 1258TH BASE UNIT, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. FLEW TRANSPORT ROUTES FROM CASABLANCA, FRENCH MOROCCO TO CAIRO, EGYPT AND FROM CASABLANCA TO NAPLES, ITALY. SERVED AS A TRANSPORT PILOT IN THIS THEATER OF OPERATIONS, JUNE 1944 TO AUGUST 1945. AT THAT TIME HE WAS ROTATED BACK TO THE U.S.