Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hammond, Indiana
ENLISTED IN 1942; WAS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AS A TOWER OPERATOR AND THE POSITION OF APPROACH CONTROLLER AT VARIOUS AIRFIELDS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER. SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 YEARS. SIX YEARS OF THAT TIME WAS SERVED IN NEW GUINEA AND ALSO SERVED IN KOREA.