Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
ENTERED THE MILITARY ON DECEMBER 31, 1946. HE RECEIVED HIS BASIC TRAINING AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS IN MISSOURI AND AT DALE MABRY FIELD, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. HE WAS AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC, PILOT WITH THE ANTILLES AIR COMMAND HEADQUARTERS AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. HIS LAST MISSION DURING WWII WAS AS A B-29 CREW CHIEF. HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. ON MAY 30, 1944.