Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Honored By
Grateful American
JOINED THE AIR FORCE IN 1941 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN THE 587TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE NINTH AIR FORCE. SERVED AS A AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HIS 349TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND, WHERE IT FLEW MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE ALLIES ON D-DAY, AND WAS LATER STATIONED IN FRANCE, HOLLAND AND GERMANY.