Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pleasant Lake, Indiana
Honored By
H. F. Gibson
His VPB-124 squadron flew in 145 combat missions in Navy 4 engine patrol bombers. Missions were to seek and destroy Japanese shipping in the Pacific from their home base on Okinawa. The result was the sinking of over 32,000 tons of Japanese shipping in spite of severe losses of aircraft and 59 crewman.