Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

Division Artillery (Divarty) HQ, 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles", U.S. Army

Awarded for:

Operation Market Garden

For action performed in a Waco glider above the Netherlands on 17 September 1944, which was on his way to LZ W in the triangle Son, Best and St. Oedenrode/North Brabant, the Netherlands.

Citation unavailable.

• - Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
  - Koskimaki, G.E., Hell’s Highway – De 101e Airborne Divisie tijdens operatie Market Garden (deel 1), Kempen Pers, Hapert, Nederland, 1991 (Nederlandse vertaling)