Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Heron Lake, Minnesota
Honored By
Louise Hecker
Relationship
Wife
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ON A TROOP CARRIER C-54 TRANSPORT PLANE AS A RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE AIR TRANSPORTATION CORPS. HE MADE FLIGHTS FROM CALIFORNIA TO HONOLULU AND TO AUSTRALIA TO TRANSPORT TROOPS. ENTERED JANUARY 24, 1943 AND WAS DISCHARGED MARCH 28, 1946.