Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1940. RECEIVED TECHNICAL TRAINING AT AIRCRAFT MECHANICS SCHOOL, CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS; A-20 SPECIALIST SCHOOL, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA; AND TWIN ENGINE SCHOOL AT MARCH FIELD, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AS GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER IN ITALY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER.