Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Blairstown, New Jersey
Honored By
Joseph Maniscalco
Relationship
Comrade in Arms
SERVED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT WITH THE 356TH MEDIUM MAINTENANCE ORDNANCE COMPANY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ON TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. WORKED WITH THE 509TH COMPACT GROUP, TO WHICH THE 'ENOLA GAY', THE B-29 THAT DROPPED THE ATOM BOMB ON HIROSHIMA AND THE 'BOX CAR', THE B-29 THAT DROPPED THE 2ND ATOM BOMB ON NAGASAKI, WERE ATTACHED.