Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Omaha, Nebraska
Honored By
Leslie I. Baright
SERVED FOR 3 YEARS IN THE MEDICAL CORPS ATTACHED TO THE AIR FORCE WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS A BRANCH OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE SERVED AT VARIOUS AIR FORCE BASES IN FLORIDA, GEORGIA, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA AND OHIO. MOST MEMORABLE WAS HIS TOUR OF DUTY AT THE MUROC FLIGHT TEST BASE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE FIRST JET FIGHTER PLANES WERE BEING DEVELOPED AND TESTED. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT LOWERY FIELD IN DENVER. COLORADO IN FEBRUARY 1946.