European Theater of Operations; United States Army Air Corps – 1943-1945

• Served on a B-17 during the war
• Flew 27 missions against Germany
• Shot down on Aug. 24, 1944
• Spent several months as a POW before being liberated by the Soviets in April 1945
• Endured the 86-day “Black March”
• Veteran of the 457th Bomb Group
• Earned three oak leaf clusters

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