Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Moorestown, New Jersey
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES DURING WWII. HE FLEW 50 MISSIONS AS A BOMBARDIER AND NAVIGATOR IN A B-24 LIBERATOR WITH THE 376TH BOMB GROUP IN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. HE WAS THE HEAD BOMBARDIER DURING COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AND THE LAST RAID ON PLOESTI, ROMANIA IN 1944. HE WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND A UNIT CITATION MEDAL WITH 3 CLUSTERS.