Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Versailles, Missouri
Honored By
Steve Hartwich
Relationship
Friend
12-24-42 TO 4-43, NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL AT IOWA UNIVERSITY IN IOWA CITY. 4-43 TO 7-43, NAVAL AIR STATION IN HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. 8-43 TO 11-43, NAVAL AIR STATION IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. 12-43 TO 2-44, NAVAL AIR STATION IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. ON 2-9-44, COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN; MARCH 1944 TO JUNE 1945, JOINED NAVY PATROL SQUADRON VPB203. FLEW ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL MISSIONS AND CONVOY COVERAGE FROM RIO, BAHIA AND NATAL, BRAZIL. 8-45 TO 11-45, NAVAL AIR STATION IN CLINTON, OKLAHOMA. 12-45 TO 5-46, NAVAL AIR STATION IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR. RELEASED TO INACTIVE DUTY IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE ON MAY 15, 1946.