Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Minnesota
Honored By
Mr. Ronald V. Hart
WHILE ON A BOMBING MISSION OVER EUROPE, HE AND MOST OF HIS CREW PARACHUTED OUT OF THEIR BOMBER. CAPTURED AND POW. SPRING 1945, THE GERMAN GUARDS ABANDONED THE CAMP BECAUSE OF THE APPROACHING RUSSIANS. THE PRISONERS OF WAR ESCAPED AND WENT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO SWITZERLAND.