Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
N. Woodstock, New Hampshire
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE WAS AWARDED HIS PILOT'S WINGS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO A NAVY FLYING UNIT. HE FLEW HIS FIRST COMBAT MISSION WITH LESS THAN 400 HOURS FLIGHT TIME. IN 1944 HE WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND A CITATION FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT AGAINST JAPANESE FORCES, ALSO THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.