Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Reading, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert W. Mogel
ENLISTED APRIL 2, 1942, READING, PENNSYLVANIA; GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION; NAVY PIER, CHICAGO, AVIATION METALSMITH 3RD CLASS; NAVAL AIR STATION, NORFOLK, LION III, ADVANCED BASE AVIATION TRAINING UNIT, AVIATION METALSMITH 2ND CLASS; NAVAL AIR STATION SAND POINT, SEATTLE, MARS 1, AVIATION REPAIR AND OVERHAUL UNIT 1; NAVAL AIR STATION, BARBERS POINT, OAHU, HAWAII, AVIATION METALSMITH 1ST CLASS. PASSED EXAM FOR PILOT TRAINING; LAST CLASS OF ENLISTED PILOT TRAINEES. PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOLS: MONMOUTH COLLEGE, ILLINOIS; UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY. FLIGHT TRAINING AT CABANISS FIELD, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. DISCHARGED AT CAMP WALLACE, TEXAS MAY 10, 1946.