Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Versailles, Kentucky
Honored By
Dave Lane, Service Officer
Relationship
Friend
SERVED WITH THE ARMY AIR CORPS FROM 1942 - 1946 IN BOTH THEATERS OF OPERATIONS. TOOK PART IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE OF JAPAN, AS WELL AS THE CHINA LIBERATION, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, CHINA-BURMA-INDIA OPERATIONS AND CENTRAL BURMA OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA MEDAL WITH 1 STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, CHINA OFFENSIVE RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN WITH 7 BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE RUPTURED DUCK LAPEL BUTTON. SERVED IN THE LUZON AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.