Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bayonne, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO THE 13TH AIR FORCE, 424TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 307TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE FLEW I B-24 BOMBERS AS A GUNNER AND RADIOMAN ON 37 MISSIONS OVER ENEMY TERRITORY, INCLUDING SEVERAL RECORD-SETTING LONG DISTANCE RAIDS.