Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Anderson, South Carolina
Honored By
John L. Hare
Relationship
Nephew
ASSIGNED TO RANDOLPH FIELD, TEXAS, FROM APRIL 1942 TO JANUARY 1944 AS A GROUP COMMANDER AND DIRECTOR OF FLYING. FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN ENGLAND. FROM MAY 1944 UNTIL FEBRUARY 1945, HE WAS GROUP COMMANDER OF THE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTER INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL, RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS. FOR THE NEXT YEAR HE WAS DIRECTOR OF FLYING, AIR FORCE CENTRAL INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL, WACO, TEXAS.