Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Waterville, Minnesota
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. APPLIED FOR AND WAS SELECTED FOR AIRCREW TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, WAS AWARDED HIS SILVER PILOT WINGS AND SERVED AS A HEAVY BOMBER PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.