Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Paris, Tennessee
Honored By
Joe Feaster
Relationship
Fellow Veteran
GRADUATED IN 1943 FROM U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. SAW COMBAT IN WWII AS A B-17 PILOT. SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY AND REMAINED A PRISONER UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. RECEIVED SIX MEDALS, INCLUDING TWO PURPLE HEARTS.