Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
SERVED FROM APRIL 12, 1943 UNTIL NOVEMBER 12, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 506TH BOMB SQUADRON, 44TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. SERVED AS A BOMBER PILOT ON THE B-24 NAMED 'PRINCESS' (#42-63962). AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH 3 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.