Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Midland, Maryland
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1946, AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. SERVED AS A WEATHER TECHNICIAN IN A B-29 'SUPERFORTRESS' WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON BASED ON GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE U.S. AIR FORCE WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL.