Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Bellevue, Ohio
Honored By
An Indebted American
BEGAN HIS SERVICE IN NEBRASKA FOR AIRCRAFT MECHANIC TRAINING. HAD ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT GUNNERY SCHOOL IN FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. STATIONED IN LONDON AND INVOLVED IN FIFTY COMBAT MISSIONS AS WELL AS NEARLY AS MANY MISSIONS TO RECOVER CREWS WHICH HAD BECOME VICTIMS OF GERMAN DEFENSE. PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED IN 1945 AFTER THREE YEARS OF SERVICE.