Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Summerton, Arizona
Honored By
A Grateful American
ENLISTED ARMY 5TH AIR CORPS, 1941. B-25 AIRCRAFT PILOT TRAINING AT HEMET, CALIFORNIA; OMAHA, NEBRASKA; BOZEMAN, MONTANA AND LA JUNTA, COLORADO. ADVANCED TRAINING A-20 AIRCRAFT PILOT AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. BASED LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND LUZON WHEN HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN MAY 5, 1945. EARNED PURPLE HEART. RESCUED BY PHILIPPINE CIVILIANS BEHIND ENEMY LINES.