Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, AS A B-24 BOMBER PILOT, WITH THE 22ND BOMB GROUP 'RED RAIDERS' FLYING 40 MISSIONS, FROM NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA, HIS LAST BOMBING MISSION WAS OVER THE KIANGWAN AIRDROME IN CHINA. RECIPIENT OF THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND AN AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER.