Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Palm Desert, California
Honored By
Stanley J. Wyglendowski
ARMY AIR CORPS. AFTER DECEMBER 7, 1941, APPLIED FOR SERVICE WITH THE U.S. NAVY. HE WAS REJECTED. ON APRIL 21, 1942, APPLIED FOR AND WAS ACCEPTED IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE GUARD. IN MONTHS WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. APPLIED TO AIR CORPS, ASSIGNED TO AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE. DISCHARGED AT THE END OF 1944 BECAUSE OF AN OLD EYE INJURY.