Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bayonne, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED IN THE AIR CORPS FROM 1939 TO 1945. MEMBER OF THE 490TH BOMB GROUP OF THE 851ST BOMB SQUADRON. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS. STATIONED AT MITCHELL FIELD, NEWFOUNDLAND, NORTH AFRICA AND FINALLY ENGLAND. FLEW MORE THAN 30 MISSIONS, WHICH INCLUDED MANY BOMBING RUNS OVER GERMANY.