Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Racine, Wisconsin
Honored By
Frank Wright
GRADUATED FLIGHT SCHOOL IN PENSACOLA APRIL 1942. SERVED AS A NAVAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN PENSACOLA AND GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA IN JANUARY 1944 AND WAS DISCHARGED LATER THE SAME YEAR.