Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Roulette, Pennsylvania
Honored By
George Weck
HE ENTERED THE SERVICE IN 1943 AND PARTICIPATED IN THIRTY B-29 BOMBING MISSIONS IN THE PACIFIC AREA OVER JAPAN. LATER, HE SERVED IN THE 46TH RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, PHOTOGRAPHING AND CHARTING ARCTIC ICE FLOWS OVER THE NORTH POLE AND THE SOVIET UNION. HE SERVED 28 YEARS IN THE SERVICE AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.