Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
California
Honored By
An Indebted American
GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS FROM THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY IN 1943 AND THE TOP OF HIS GRADUATE SCHOOL CLASS AT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS FLYING 29 MISSIONS IN A B-24 BEFORE HE WAS SHOT DOWN, INJURED, AND IMPRISONED AS A PRISONER OF WAR. RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL.