Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bronx, New York
Honored By
Gay B. Maehrlein
Relationship
Daughter
RADIO OPERATOR ON B-17 BOMBER; SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY IN DECEMBER 1943 (21 YEARS OLD). SENT TO STALAG LUFT VI IN EAST PRUSSIA. IN SEPTEMBER 1944, MOVED TO STALAG IV IN GERMANY. IN JANUARY 1945, THE PRISONERS WERE MARCHED ABOUT 400 MILES IN ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTERS GERMANY EVER HAD. LIBERATED BY THE AMERICANS IN MARCH 1945 AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.