Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dallas Center, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
SERVED AS BOMBER PILOT WITH 90TH BOMB GROUP, MUCH DECORATED B-24 LIBERATOR PILOT STATIONED IN SOUTH PACIFIC (NEW GUINEA). AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, SILVER STAR AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 3 BRONZE STARS. OUT OF MANY PILOTS HE WAS ONE OF THE SURVIVORS. IN THE U.S. HE WAS STATIONED IN CALIFORNIA UNTIL DISCHARGED.