Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rutherford, Tennessee
Honored By
Bertram E. Adams, Jr.
Relationship
Son-in-law
ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY FROM RUTHERFORD, TENNESSEE ON 10 APRIL 1943. COMPLETED BASIC COMBAT TRAINING IN MIAMI, FLORIDA; PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING IN WICKENBURG, ARIZONA, BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA AND ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. ARRIVED OVERSEAS ON 27 JANUARY 1945 AND SERVED AS A B-25 PILOT IN GHISONNACIA, CORSICA AND FANO, ITALY. RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS ON 10 JULY 1945 AND WAS DISCHARGED ON 1 OCTOBER 1945.