Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
East Haven, Connecticut
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS B-17 AERIAL GUNNER WITH 351ST BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE FLYING FROM ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN ON HIS LAST (30TH) MISSION OVER HOLLAND AUGUST 1944; PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT IV AND LIBERATED MAY 1945. ALSO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED AS 1ST LIEUTENANT WITH U.S. AIR FORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR.