Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Honored By
Rose Wuyts Wilson
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED IN THE 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE NAVIGATIONAL AID SQUADRON, 1942 TO MAY 1945. VETERAN OF THE NAPLES-FOGGIA, TUNISIAN, ALGERIAN, FRENCH MOROCCAN, AIR OFFENSIVE BALKANS AND ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGNS. HIS SQUADRON, CALLED 'BIG FENCE,' GUIDED LOST OR CRIPPLED FIGHTER PILOTS TO THE SAFEST POSSIBLE LANDING FIELD.