Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Macomb, Illinois
Honored By
June E. Gamage
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED AT AGE 16 BUT HAD TO WAIT UNTIL AGE 18. ACCEPTED AS AN AIR CADET AND STATIONED AT SHEPHERD FIELD IN TEXAS, BOCA RATON IN FLORIDA AND CHANUTE FIELD IN ILLINOIS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 6, 1945.