Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
LaHarpe, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT UNIVERSITY STUDIES TO ENLIST IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED, INCLUDING IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR, ENGAGED IN TRAINING COMBAT AIR CREWS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946, AS A SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.