Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Honored By
Paul G. Dunfee
Naval Aviation Cadet, July 1942 to October 1943. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve October 20, 1943. Retained as Flight Instructor at Corpus Christi, Texas until March 1945. Operational training Jacksonville, carrier qualified F4U Corsair. Combat squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, then Demonstration Flight Leader, Marine Corps Air Station Quantico Virginia.