Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Rensselaer, Indiana
Honored By
Ms. Mary Swing
Relationship
Sister
82nd Airborne Division. Inducted March 1942. Fought in North Africa, into Sicily by glider, Naples, Italy sector, France on D-Day plus 1, Normandy Campaign, Red Ball Express Driver. Seriously wounded in The Battle of the Bulge, January 1945; England. Discharged June 1945. Received Purple Heart, 5 Battle Stars.