Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Newington, Connecticut
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on his 17th birthday. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1944, he ferried C-46 transport planes across the Pacific, dropped paratroops and cargo with the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron of the Air Forces' 403rd Group in the Pacific Theater of Operations, and served in China and Japan.