Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
PRIOR TO ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE, SERVED AS A FLYING INSTRUCTOR FOR STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA FLYING SERVICE. JUNE 1942, SERVED AS A CIVILIAN PILOT WITH 5TH FERRYING GROUP AT HENSLEY FIELD. OCTOBER 1942, RECEIVED A COMMISSION AS 2ND LIEUTENANT AND ASSIGNED TO LOVE FIELD, TEXAS WITH 5TH FERRYING GROUP, FERRYING DIVISION OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND.