Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mexico, Oregon
Honored By
Historian
JOINED THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE IN 1942 AND SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN VPB-110. RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE NAVY PRIVATEER PATROL BOMBER. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN AERIAL FLIGHTS IN A PB4Y-1 BOMBER ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL IN THE BAY OF BISCAY AND ENGLISH CHANNEL.