Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Reading, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert Hagen
Relationship
Friend
AFTER BASIC TRAINING HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE TROOP INFORMATION AND EDUCATION UNIT AT HANEDA AIR BASE IN JAPAN. WHILE THERE HE, BECAME THE CHAPLAIN'S ASSISTANT. DURING HIS TWO AN ONE HALF YEAR ASSIGNMENT IN JAPAN, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING MEN WHO DID NOT HAVE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS GET A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA. HE WAS AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, OCCUPATION MEDAL JAPAN, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.