Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kingsbury, California
Honored By
Thomas E. Dent, Sr.
Relationship
Friend
ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS AS A FLIGHT CADET IN DECEMBER 1939 AND COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT-PILOT IN 1940. FLEW ONE OF THE FIRST B-29 AIRCRAFT TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND LATER SERVED ON THE ISLAND OF TINIAN.