Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hume, New York
Honored By
Lowell J. Mix
Relationship
Nephew
PILOT OF B-24 BOMBER PLANE; FLEW OVER NORTH AFRICA (CASABLANCA) AND ON 50 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER EUROPE AND THE OIL FIELDS OF ROMANIA. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS IN 1944, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH MULTIPLE CLUSTERS, SOLDIERS MEDAL (FOR SAVING A LIFE) NUMEROUS AIR MEDALS. ENTERED U.S. ARMY FOR THE SECOND TIME IN OCTOBER 1942 AND WAS DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1948 WITH RANK OF CAPTAIN AT TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA WITH PERMANENT RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT.