Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Scott Depot, West Virginia
Honored By
MSgt Russell Rulau
Relationship
Friend
ENLISTED AT 17 IN 1943 INTO AVIATION CADET PROGRAM, CALLED UP IN MAY 1944 BUT WAS SENT TO RADIO SCHOOL AT SCOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS INSTEAD. SERVED OVERSEAS AT ATKINSON AIR BASE IN BRITISH GUIANA CARVED OUT OF THE JUNGLE AND LATER SERVED IN PUERTO RICO. TRAINED AS A HIGH SPEED CODE RADIO OPERATOR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED MAY 1946.