Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dysart, Iowa
Honored By
Ruth Winter
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED AT AGE 18. BASIC TRAINING AT KEESLER FIELD, MISSISSIPPI IN SEPTEMBER 1943. SENT TO TRUAX FIELD, WISCONSIN FOR BASIC ELECTRICITY SCHOOL; CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS FOR ELECTRONICS; BOCA RATON, FLORIDA FOR RADAR TRAINING. JOINED THE 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS' IN MINDORO, PHILIPPINES, THEN TO LUZON, IE SHIMA, OKINAWA AND TACHIKAWA, JAPAN.