Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Millburn, New Jersey
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER AND FIGHTER PILOT. HE FLEW 25 BOMBING RAIDS ABOARD A B-17 BOMBER AND WAS CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN FIVE ENEMY PLANES. AWARDED 10 COMBAT CITATIONS, INCLUDING TWO DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES, ONE OF WHICH WAS PERSONALLY PRESENTED BY GENERAL CURTIS LE MAY.