Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Greenwood, Indiana
Relationship
Self
STAFF SERGEANT, AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT WRIGHT FIELD, DAYTON,OHIO, AND COMPLETED TRAINING AT SHEPPARD FIELD, EL PASO, TEXAS. AFTER SPECIAL SCHOOLING FOR B-24 'LIBERATOR' BOMBERS, WAS ASSIGNED TO WALLA WALLA ARMY AIR FIELD, WASHINGTON, RECEIVING NEWLY MANUFACTURED AIRCRAFT FOR FINAL INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND SHAKE-DOWN BEFORE ACCEPTANCE BY THE AIR CORPS. AT WAR'S END WAS RELEASED FROM THE SERVICE AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA.