Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Victor, Iowa
Honored By
Peggy Fullmer
Relationship
Wife
ENLISTED AT AGE 19 ON DECEMBER 8, 1942. BASIC TRAINING IN MISSOURI. ATTACHED TO THE 1913 AVIATION ENGINEER. INVOLVED IN BUILDING, REPAIRING AND REBUILDING AIR FIELDS. WAS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN, HOLLANDIA, LEYTE AND LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WHERE THEIR UNIT REBUILT CLARK FIELD. WAS A 1ST SERGEANT WHEN WAR ENDED. THEIR UNIT WAS BEING READIED FOR THE INVASION OF MAINLAND JAPAN.