Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
West Orange, New Jersey
Honored By
John Peterson
ENLISTED 1942 IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AND SERVED UNTIL 1946. HE FLEW ON 22 BOMBING MISSIONS AS A B-17 WAIST GUNNER IN THE 305TH BOMB GROUP OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE. ATTAINING THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT, HE WAS AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AIR MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.