Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A P-38 FIGHTER PILOT. HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER NORTH AFRICA BY GROUND FIRE AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR FOR TWO YEARS. HE WAS HELD IN STALAG III IN POLAND, AS THE ALLIED FORCES WERE ADVANCING, HE WAS MOVED TO STALAG 7A AND WAS LIBERATED IN MOOSBURG, GERMANY IN 1945.