Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Elizabethten, Tennessee
Honored By
Chales R. Pitzer
Relationship
Crew Member
TRAINED AS A NAVIGATOR AT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. UNABLE TO COMPLETE HIS COMMISSION AND WAS SENT TO RENO AIR FORCE BASE FOR FLIGHT RADIO TRAINING. THEN TO THE 1304TH AIR FORCE BASE AT BARRACKPORE, INDIA AND FLEW AS A FLIGHT RADIO OPERATOR FLYING SUPPLIES OVER 'THE HUMP' INTO NATIONALIST CHINA. SERVED THERE UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1945.