Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Keyes, Oklahoma
Honored By
Mr. Robert L. Overstreet
INDUCTED AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. BASIC TRAINING AT SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS. GUNNERY SCHOOL IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. TRAINED ON A B-17 BOMBER UNTIL GROUNDED, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI. SHIPPED OUT TO GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THEN SHIPPED OUT TO CHINA-BURMA-INDIA. WORKED IN CRYPTOGRAPHY AND INTELLIGENCE. SHIPPED OUT TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, THEN HOME TO KEYES, OKLAHOMA. SERVED WITH 125TH ARMY AIRWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.