Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A FIGHTER PILOT DURING THE WAR. FLEW 43 MISSIONS OVER EUROPE IN 1945 IN THE P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' AIRCRAFT. CONTINUED IN ACTIVE AND RESERVE U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND ATTAINED THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.