Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Holly, Michigan
Honored By
William Walter Youngblood
SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT AT SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS; TAUGHT RADIO PROCEDURES AND CODE TO STUDENT AIRBORNE RADIO OPERATORS. ATTENDED YALE UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS CADET SCHOOL. COMMISSIONED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT; ATTENDED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. WENT OVERSEAS IN 1944 TO CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATRE WITH 7TH BOMB GROUP, 492ND BOMB SQUADRON TO MADHAIGANJ, ASSAM, INDIA AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.