Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Reno, Nevada
Honored By
Garland B. Flowers
FIRST FIGHTER GROUP IN EUROPE. LANDED IN SCOTLAND IN 1942, WAS SHIPPED BY TRAIN TO GOXHILL. WHEN WE GOT OUR P-38S READY THEY SAID THEY NEEDED THEM IN AFRICA. THEN WE GOT P-47S AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WENT INTO BATTLE WITH - WHERE WE SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR.