Crew was assigned to 613th Squadron, 401st Bomb Group, First Air Division, 8th Air Force. Flew 35 Combat Missions from November 1944 to March 1945, Awarded Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters and three Battle Stars - Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. Promoted to First Lt. and qualified as four engine pilot. Returned to ZI May 1945 and assigned to Western Flyi8ng Training Command at Marana, AZ and Minter, CA fields. Received Commercial Pilots License. Completed active duty service at Roswell, NM Nov. 16, 1945. Remained in Air Force Reserve assigned to non-flying unis in North Carolina and retired in 1972 with the rank of Lt. Col.