Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Jackson, Mississippi
Honored By
Mary Woodward Watkins
Relationship
Wife
ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AS AN INFANTRYMAN IN 1942 AT FORT BENNING, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. LATER HE ENTERED PILOT TRAINING AND EARNED HIS WINGS AND THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AT MOODY ARMY AIR FIELD IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA. HE WAS A PILOT FOR THE FERRY COMMAND FLYING FROM THE U.S. TO EUROPE. THEN HE FLEW THE 'HUMP' FROM INDIA TO CHINA.