Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rockford, Illinois
Honored By
M. J. Lynett
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN 1941, FLEW 54 COMBAT MISSIONS WITH THE NINTH AIR FORCE, AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH CLUSTERS. HIS 97TH BOMB GROUP, OF WHICH HE BECAME GROUP NAVIGATOR, RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION IN MAY OF 1944.