Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Mentor, Ohio
Honored By
Robert L. Taylor
U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1943; member of the 8th Air Force. Served in the European Theatre of Operations, 25 missions as B-24 flight engineer/gunner. Spring 1944, refused rotation to U.S. Army as Gunnery Instructor. Transferred to U.S. Army Infantry, European Theater of Operations. Member of the 1st Infantry Division -- Normandy Invasion, France, Germany. POW, escaped and remained in the U.S. Army until 1954.