Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. AIR CORPS FOR TRAINING AT CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS BEFORE SHIPPING OFF TO EUROPE TO JOIN THE WAR. HE WAS A MASTER SERGEANT ATTACHED TO THE 330TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 93RD BOMB GROUP. STATIONED IN ENGLAND, EGYPT AND LIBYA, WHERE HIS BOMB GROUP WAS ASSIGNED TO THE B-24 BOMBER AIRCRAFT WING THAT FLEW BOMBING MISSIONS OUT OF THE DESERT.