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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

JOINED U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AVIATION CADETS AT MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. IN
APRIL, 1942. GRADUATED PILOT IN WESTERN TRAINING COMMAND AT WILLIAMS AFB, AZ. COMMENCED WWII P-47 THUNDERBOLT FIGHTER COMBAT IN ENGLAND DURING MAY, 1944 and MOVED INTO FRANCE WITH THE 9th AIR FORCE'S 373rd FIGHTER GROUP STARTING JULY, 1944. WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FLAK j
DURING FIERCE COUNTER-ATTACK WHILE SUPPORTING OUR 3rd ARMY NEAR PONT-A-MUSSON AND FORCED TO PARACHUTE. REMAINED PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT I ON THE BALTIC SEACOAST FOR 9 MONTHS BEFORE LIBERATION BY RUSSIAN GROUND TROOPS. RETURNED TO LUKE FIELD, AZ.