Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, Michigan
Relationship
Self
SERVED FROM 1 JANUARY 1943 UNTIL 15 FEBRUARY 1946. WAS A BANDSMAN WITH GLENN MILLER, THE 29TH ARMY AIR FORCES BAND, AND LINCOLN ARMY AIR FORCES BAND UNTIL TRANSFER TO THE INFANTRY IN LATE FALL OF 1944 AND SERVED WITH THE 70TH DIVISION, 7TH ARMY (INCLUDING THE FINAL PORTION OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE) AS A WEAPONS PLATOON SCOUT UNTIL DISCHARGE 1946.