Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Randolph, Nebraska
Honored By
Jerilyn A. Graham
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED AS TAIL GUNNER AND CREW CHIEF. A PRISONER OF WAR FOR A YEAR IN GERMANY AFTER B-24 WAS SHOT DOWN. ON THE BLACK MARCH THROUGH BELGIUM AND GERMANY. THEY WERE MARCHED AT NIGHT SO THE ALLIES WOULD NOT FIND THEM. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES SUFFERED FROM PARACHUTING FROM THEIR CRIPPLED PLANE.