Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Providence, Rhode Island
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR ON A B-17 BOMBER AND WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY. HE SPENT TWO YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT III UNTIL BEING LIBERATED BY GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY IN MAY 1945.