Hometown
Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ms. Beverly Faber
HIS DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY WAS OUTSTANDING. HE TOOK HIS BAND AS PART OF THE U.S. ORCHESTRA TO MANY COUNTRIES AS FAR REACHING AS GREENLAND, WHERE HE WAS FACED WITH THE DECISION OF ATTENDING HIS FATHER'S FUNERAL OR STAYING WITH HIS BAND TO ENTERTAIN OUR SERVICE MEN. HE STAYED. HE WAS AWARDED A CITATION FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.