Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Emmanuel Delaville
OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES. DROPPED BEHIND THE ENEMY LINES IN YUGOSLAVIA AND THEN IN CHINA. AWARDED OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM FOR HIS ACTIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA FROM NOVEMBER 1943 THROUGH JULY 1944. HE RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FROM WILLIAM JOSEPH 'WILD BILL' DONOVAN IN 1945.