Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
JOINED THE ARMY SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR AND LATER BECAME AN ARMY AIR CORPS OFFICER. IN 1944, PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION MARKET GARDEN IN THE NETHERLANDS. ASSIGNMENT WAS TO RETRIEVE GLIDERS THAT HAD DROPPED PARATROOPERS INTO THE COUNTRY TO CONTROL KEY BRIDGES AND FACILITATE SUPPLY MOVEMENTS. ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE.