COLONEL, USAF (RET)
Entered service 30 November 1940
Commissioned through Aviation Cadet Program 11 July 1941 at
Kelly Field, Class 41-E
Retired 1 September 1968
Legion of Merit
Air Force Commendation Medal @ OLC
AIRCRAFT FLOWN:
PT-17, BT-14 BC-1, AT-6, AT-10, AT-11, AT-7, UC-78, B-25, B-26
My favorite aircraft was the B-25. It was wonderfully reliable
and it was hard to make a bad landing in it.
ASSIGNMENTS AND POSITIONS:
Flight Instructor, Kelly Field, TX 1941-1942 Flight Instructor,
Stewart Field 1942-1943 Flight Instructor and Flight Safety
Officer, Brooks Field, TX 1943-1944 B-26 Transition, Separated
from active duty 1945 Medical School 1945-1949 Interne and
Resident in Surgery TripIer Army Hospital 1949-1953 Chief of
Surgery, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 1953-1958 Chief of
Surgery, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 1958-1961 Air War College
1962 Hospital Commander, Air Force Academy 1962-1968
CALLSIGN OR NICKNAME:
Rear Admiral--specialized in colo-rectal diseases
HIGHLIGHTS:
Serving as a flight surgeon and especially my tour at the Air
Force Academy as hospital commander.
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