Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A DRAFTSMAN WITH THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC), A U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. THEN ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN AFRICA. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.