Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Mary C. Hall
Relationship
Wife
JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1942, HAD BASIC TRAINING AND THEN WENT TO SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO REPAIR AIRPLANES. HE BECAME A CREW CHIEF IN THE REPAIR SHOP TO MAKE THE PLANES FLYABLE AGAIN AFTER THEY WERE SHOT FULL OF HOLES, OR AN ENGINE WAS DAMAGED. WAS STATIONED IN WHARTON, ENGLAND FROM 1943 UNTIL 1946. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.