Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Columbia, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
VOLUNTEERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN ITALY WITH THE 305TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY). AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JULY, 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.