SERVED WITH THE 13TH AIR FORCE, 307TH BOMB GROUP, 371ST BOMB SQUADRON AT KOLI FIELD, GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS. ENGINEER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER THAT WAS SHOT DOWN BY JAPANESE FIGHTERS WHILE ON A MISSION OVER RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA JANUARY 1, 1944.