Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Rossford, Ohio
Honored By
Richard B. Corado
Relationship
Friend
ENLISTED MAY 1942 INTO NAVY AVIATION PROGRAM. GRADUATED FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL IN JUNE 1942 AND ATTENDED NAVIGATION AND GUNNERY SCHOOL. ARRIVED IN NORTH AFRICA IN NOVEMBER 1943 ASSIGNED TO PBY73 PATROL BOMB SQUAD. RETURNED IN DECEMBER 1943 TO FLOYD BENNETT FIELD TO FLY CONVOY AND SUB PATROL. RECEIVED EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN RIBBONS.