Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Indianapolis, Indiana
Honored By
Wally & Johnny Linne
SERVED AS U.S. NAVY AVIATOR AND WAS IN OPERATIONAL TRAINING AT NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) IN SANFORD, FLORIDA AT WAR'S END. SURVIVED MID-AIR COLLISION IN WILDCATS. AIRCRAFT EXPLODED AND RENDERED HIM UNCONSCIOUS, BUT EXPLOSION BLEW HIM OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LITERALLY RIPPED OPEN HIS PARACHUTE.