Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Durham, North Carolina
Honored By
Family
ENLISTED IN U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS CADET PROGRAM IN OCTOBER 1942, ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY FEBRUARY 2 1943. COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT FEBRUARY 2 1944, ASSIGNED AS FLYING INSTRUCTOR CRAIG FIELD, ALABAMA. REASSIGNED TO 9TH AIRFORCE, ABILENE TEXAS IN APRIL 1945 IN TRAINING TO SUPPORT INVASION OF JAPANESE MAINLAND. RELEASED TO RESERVE STATUS NOVEMBER 1945.