Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cushing, Oklahoma
Honored By
Norma W Gooding
Relationship
Wife
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND 5 AIR MEDALS, 4 EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN STARS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE CERTIFICATE OF VALOR FROM THE448TH BOMB GROUP COMMANDER COLONEL JERRY MASON. HE WAS ALSO IN THE CATERPILLAR CLUB. JANUARY 13, 1943-1945 HE WAS A WAIST GUNNER, ASSISTANT RADIO OPERATOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER.