Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Clarendon, Texas
Honored By
Richard Adamson
Relationship
Son
SERGEANT. B-29 AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, CREW CHIEF, 45TH BOMB SQUADRON, 40TH BOMB GROUP, 58TH WING OF THE 20TH AIR FORCE OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATRE. ALSO STATIONED IN TINIAN AND KWAJALEIN. SAILED THROUGH THE STRAIGHT OF GIBRALTAR, AROUND ITALY AND THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL EN ROUTE TO INDIA. SHIP CAME UNDER HEAVY GERMAN AIR/BOMB ATTACK WHILE GOING THROUGH MEDITERRANEAN AT NIGHT AND WAS REPORTED SUNK TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES, BUT THE SHIP MADE IT SAFELY TO INDIA.