Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Delhi, New York
Honored By
Grateful American
DRAFTED IN 1943, HE TRAINED AS A RADIO OPERATOR/GUNNER AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NEWLY-MINTED 493RD BOMBER GROUP OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE, AND WAS STATIONED IN DEBACH AIRFIELD IN ENGLAND. FLEW 35 MISSIONS A PART OF A TEN-MAN CREW, FIRST IN B-24 LIBERATORS AND THEN IN B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES.