Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Greenville, Mississippi
Honored By
McVMI 1943
ATTENDED THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN THE CLASS OF 1943 FOR 2 YEARS, THEN WAS GRADATED FROM LSU. HE WENT INTO THE U.S. ARMY THEN INTO THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT PILOT. HE SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER AS AN ADVISOR TO THE CHINESE NATIONALIST ARMY. RECEIVED A PERSONAL CITATION FROM GENERAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK.