Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Honored By
American Legion Post 329
ENLISTED 4/29/1943. .50 CALIBER AERIAL GUNNERY TRAINING AT LOWERY FIELD I AND II, BUCKINGHAM, FLORIDA; THEN TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA FOR HIGH ALTITUDE INDOCTRINATION TRAINING AND AIR CREW ASSIGNMENT. B-29 TRAINING AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. TRANSFERRED TO SAIPAN IN THE PACIFIC. BOMBED THE JAPANESE CITIES OF TOKYO, NAGOYA, TOYAMA. A VERY GRATIFYING DUTY WAS THE MERCY FOOD AND MEDICINE DROPS TO SEVERAL POW CAMPS IN JAPAN AND CHINA WHICH TOOK PLACE DAYS AFTER THE WAR.