Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Scio, Oregon
Honored By
Lynn Ross, Maureen Pope & Sharon Ward
Relationship
Nieces
ENTERED V-5 AVIATION CADET PROGRAM 1943. EARNED NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS AND COMMISSIONED AS ENSIGN 1944. AFTER FURTHER FLIGHT TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO VF-100 AT BARBERS POINT, HAWAII. TRANSFERRED TO VBF-99 AT MARPI POINT, SAIPAN 1945. SEVERELY INJURED IN A FUEL-TANK EXPLOSION WHILE LANDING F-4U CORSAIR ON USS ADMIRALTY ISLANDS CVE-99, JULY 1945. DISCHARGED AS LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE 1946.