ENTERED
SERVICE 9 NOVEMBER 1942.SERVED WITH THE NINTH AIR
FORCE 405TH FIGHTER GROUP,
509TH FIGHTER SQUADRON [P-47 THUNDERBOLTS].CAMPAIGNS AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE:
NORMANDY,
NORTHERN FRANCE,RHINELAND,ARDENNES-ALSACE,CENTRAL EUROPE.
AIR COMBAT
EAME THEATER. AWARDS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL,
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN
MEDAL,EUROPEAN,AFRICAN,MIDDLE EASTERN
CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE CAMPAIGN
STARS,WORLD WAR II
VICTORY MEDAL,BELGIUM CROIX DE GUERRE MEDAL,AND THE
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.DISCHARGED OCTOBER 1945