Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE SERVED AS A GUNNER ON B-17 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES. ON ONE MISSION, HIS DAMAGED PLANE WAS FORCED TO LAND BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AND HE AND HIS CREW WERE TAKEN PRISONER.