Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ansonia, Connecticut
Honored By
Grateful American
SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER AND GUNNER WITH THE 392ND BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 2ND AIR DIVISION. HIS B-24 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HAMBURG, GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR NINE MONTHS. HIS LEG WAS AMPUTATED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES.