Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Plainfield, Illinois
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
FLEW MORE THAN 200 MISSIONS IN THE B-25 AND A-20 AIRCRAFT AND JOINED OTHER PILOTS IN SINKING AN ENTIRE ENEMY CONVOY DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA. ALSO LED AN ATTACK THAT, IN EFFECT, DESTROYED THE JAPANESE STRONGHOLD AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN.