Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Indiana Harbor, Indiana
Honored By
Allied 369 Family
RADIO OPERATOR, MECHANIC, GUNNER. SERVED WITH THE AIR CORPS IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED 33 COMBAT HOURS 8 FLYING IN B-17 BOMBER PLANE. FIRED .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS DURING COMBAT AND OPERATED RADIO TO MAINTAIN CONTACT GROUND TO AIR AND AIR TO AIR. MAINTAINED AND SERVICED OWN GUNS AND RADIO EQUIPMENT. ALSO RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.