Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Orleans, Massachusetts
Honored By
Barbara Fulcher
Relationship
Daughter
CORPORAL. MESSAGE CENTER CHIEF; ENLISTED IN 1941 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. UNIT SHIPPED OUT FROM NEW ORLEANS TO NEW GUINEA WHERE JOINED THE 823RD SQUADRON, 5TH AIR FORCE. THE GROUP THEN ISLAND HOPPED TO MOROTAI, BIAK TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THEN ONTO OKINAWA. SERVICE JOB WAS TO ASSURE THAT ALL MAIL, MILITARY AND WORD FROM HOME REACHED THE MEN. DISCHARGED FROM DUTY IN 1945.