Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fayetteville, North Carolina
SELECTED NAVAL AVIATION CADET NOVEMBER 20, 1942. ACTIVE DUTY BEGAN MAY 15, 1943. UNIVERSITY SOUTH CAROLINA / ATHENS, GEORGIA PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL. GRADUATED NAVY FLIGHT TRAINING, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FEBRUARY 14, 1945 AND COMMISSIONED NAVAL AVIATOR. AIR GROUP # 98 TORPEDO SQUADRON IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA. WAR ENDED.