Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Thomaston, Georgia
Honored By
His Family
1941, SENT TO BRITISH WEST INDIES, ST. LUCIA AS STAFF SERGEANT, BOMBARDIER. 1943, BACK TO U.S. TO ENTER FLYING SCHOOL. GRADUATED 1944 AS 2ND LIEUTENANT. SEPTEMBER 1944, WENT TO ENGLAND, 313TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP, 29TH SQUADRON. THEN SENT TO FRANCE UNTIL MAY 1945. BACK TO U.S., STATIONED IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS. DISCHARGED IN 1945 AS 1ST LIEUTENANT.