Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Weldon, California
Honored By
Theodore R. Fenner
March 3, 1943 to December 20, 1945. 650th Reconnaissance Company to Battalion, Camp Hood, Texas, Radio School. Transferred to U.S. Air Corps by taking Aviation Cadet Training Test. Served overseas, 20th air corps at Kharagpur, India and Naha, Okinawa. Returned to the U.S. aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22, from Iwo Jima. Discharged at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California. American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Lapel Button, Bronze Star Air Offensive Japan, Bronze Star Air Offensive China.