Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

723rd Bombardment Squadron, 450th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Awarded on:

October 5th, 1944

"For piloting a B-24 Liberator over the oil fields of Ploesti, Romania on May 31, 1944. His plane was shot down after losing an engine on the way to the oil fields and becoming a straggler. He was shot in the head as the plane was going down, jumped ship and was captured. He was a POW in Bucharest Romania before being rescued by the 15th Air Force on August 31, 1944."

US 15th Air Force (WWII) General Order 3811, Oct 5, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

723rd Bombardment Squadron, 450th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

For 48 missions with the 15th AF out of Manduria Italy.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ellington Field in Texas