Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Jeffersontown, Kentucky
JANUARY 1, 1941: 149TH INFANTRY, 75TH INFANTRY BRIGADE SERGEANT TRANSFERRED TO AIR CORPS 1942. AVIATION CADET. COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT JULY 1943. PILOT, P-38. SEPTEMBER 1943 TO AUGUST 1944 NORTH AFRICA AND FOGGIA, ITALY WITH 48TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 14TH FIGHTER GROUP, 4TH AIR FORCE UNTIL DECEMBER 1945; 1ST LIEUTENANT.