Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Vernon, Texas
Honored By
Ed Davidson
TECHNICAL SERGEANT. SERVED IN A B-17 'LITTLE GIRLS' AS A RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 339TH BOMB SQUADRON, 96TH BOMB GROUP IN SNETTERTON HEATH, NORFOLK, ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN ON JANUARY 5, 1944 OVER BORDEAUX, FRANCE. DITCHED IN BAY OF BISCAY. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG 17B, KREMS, AUSTRIA UNTIL LIBERATED BY AMERICANS IN 1945.