Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Glens Falls, New York
Honored By
M. J. Lynett
SERVED AS A NAVY PILOT. WITH CONSIDERABLE FLYING EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE WAR, HE SERVED AS A FLYING INSTRUCTOR DURING THE EARLY WAR YEARS. LATER HE WAS STATIONED IN MAUI, HAWAII WHERE HE ROSE TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AND SERVED AS BASE COMMANDER.