Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ocala, Florida
Honored By
Charlotte A. Whitlock
Relationship
Daughter
PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, DECEMBER 7,1941, THEN ISLAND-HOPPING ACROSS THE PACIFIC. MY FATHER JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1939. HE PUT IN FOR THE PHILIPPINES AND WAS SENT TO PEARL HARBOR, HICKAM FIELD, HAWAII, WHERE HE WAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, RADIOMAN. MY FATHER WAS DISCHARGED AFTER 6 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE.