Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED AS A CREW CHIEF ON P-38 'LIGHTNING' AND P-51 'MUSTANG' AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 369TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 359TH FIGHTER GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. STATIONED AT THETFORD, ENGLAND AND ALSO SERVED IN MOROCCO. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.