Graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, in 1934 and attended Oregon State College until he entered military service at Fort Lewis, Washington in December, 1939. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant and rated as pilot upon graduation from Kelly Field in 1940. Destroyed first enemy submarine sunk off West Coast of the U.S. on December 24, 1941 while a member of the 95th Bomb Squadron. Remained in the China-Burma-India Theater after Tokyo Raid as 11th Bomb Squadron Commander until the end of 1943. Following World War II, was assigned to Strategic Air Command where he has held various operational assignments and is one of the few men who has commanded wings and flown all the multi-engine jet bombers in the SAC inventory - B-45, B-47, B-52 and B-58. Commanded SAC's first supersonic Bombardment Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas. Retired July 1, 1969. Decorations include Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Commendation Ribbon with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, and Chinese Army, Navy and Air Cops Medal, Class A, 1st Grade. Holds aeronautical rating of command pilot and is entitled to wear the Air Force's Missile Badge.
Graduated from Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, in 1934 and attended Oregon State College until he entered military service at Fort Lewis, Washington in December, 1939. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant and rated as pilot upon graduation from Kelly Field in 1940. Destroyed first enemy submarine sunk off West Coast of the U.S. on December 24, 1941 while a member of the 95th Bomb Squadron. Remained in the China-Burma-India Theater after Tokyo Raid as 11th Bomb Squadron Commander until the end of 1943. Following World War II, was assigned to Strategic Air Command where he has held various operational assignments and is one of the few men who has commanded wings and flown all the multi-engine jet bombers in the SAC inventory - B-45, B-47, B-52 and B-58. Commanded SAC's first supersonic Bombardment Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas. Retired July 1, 1969. Decorations include Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Commendation Ribbon with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, and Chinese Army, Navy and Air Cops Medal, Class A, 1st Grade. Holds aeronautical rating of command pilot and is entitled to wear the Air Force's Missile Badge.
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