Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Sanford, North Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. A PIONEER IN THE GLIDER PILOT PROGRAM. SERVED AS A GLIDER PILOT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE 'ALL AMERICAN' DIVISION. FLEW DURING OPERATIONS IN SICILY; ASSAULT LANDED AT NORMANDY, FRANCE NEAR SAINT MERE-EGLISE AND CARENTAN ON JUNE 6, 1944 DURING THE D-DAY INVASION; ASSAULT LANDED IN THE NIJMEGEN-ARNHEM AREA OF HOLLAND ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1944 AND FLEW IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND DURING OPERATIONS TO CROSS THE RHINE RIVER INTO GERMANY. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.