Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Royston, Georgia
Honored By
Randolph Moore
SERVED FIRST AS A PRIVATE IN THE ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE. THEN DISCHARGED AND JOINED THE NAVY AS AN AVIATION CADET. SOLOED N2S 'STEARMAN' PLANE AT NAVAL AIR STATION, MEMPHIS JUST BEFORE THE WAR ENDED. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN HOME.