Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Eleanora More
Relationship
Wife
SERVED IN MISSIONS OVER ROMANIA, FRIEDRICH, GERMANY; TARASCON, FRANCE; HUNGARY, PLOESTI, ROMANIA, ST. TROPEZ, FRANCE; VIENNA, AUSTRIA, PROSTEJOV, HUNGARY; SZOB, HUNGRY; OSWICIM, POLAND; HATVAN, HUNGARY; MUNICH, GERMANY; LATISANA, ITALY; NAGYCENK, HUNGARY; AUGSBURG, GERMANY, LENZ, GRAZ, LECHNER, AUSTRIA; HUNGARY; WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS FLYING CROSS, POLA, ITALY,MURNAU, GERMANY AND LENZ. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, OVERSEAS SERVICE BAR, LAPEL BUTTON FOR .45 CALIBER PISTOL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 6 BRONZE STARS, ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL. HE WAS IN THE 825TH BOMB SQUADRON WITH 485TH HEAVY BOMBER GROUP. ALL OF HIS 35 MISSIONS WERE OUT OF VENOSA, ITALY.