Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Racine, Wisconsin
Honored By
Randall S. McDaniel
JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN OCTOBER, 1941. HE WAS DEPLOYED WITH HIS B-24 'LIBERATOR' CREW TO BENGHAZI, LIBYA IN 1942. HE FLEW MANY COMBAT MISSIONS IN SICILY AND ITALY. HE WAS INJURED WHEN HE HAD TO BAIL OUT OF HIS DAMAGED PLANE IN THE LIBYAN DESERT.