Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Guymon, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 19. SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS, INCLUDING AS A PILOT OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER DURING THE WAR. FLEW 37 MISSIONS OVER NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY, AND LATER SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF MASTER SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.