Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cushing, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON APRIL 15, 1944. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN ITALY AS A P-51 'MUSTANG' AND P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PILOT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY ON MARCH 31, 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN RESERVE SERVICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.