Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ashton, Illinois
Honored By
Howard J. Moye
Relationship
Brother
PILOTED AND COMMANDED THE FIRST B-26 RAID ON THE JAPANESE IN 1942. WAS SHOT DOWN ON A LATER FLIGHT. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK AND OF HIS BEING SHOT DOWN WAS DRAMATIZED ON THE GENE AUTRY RADIO SHOW.