| Description | His experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater. Childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943. Preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. Active service with the 379th Bomb Group (H) in Kimbolton, England from June to November 1944. Combat experience in 35 missions including bombing of St. Lo, July 25, 1944. Return to U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor for the PT-13 in Lakeland, Florida, and the L-4 in Wichita Falls, Texas, until October 1945. Return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, and reenlistment in Air Force as a dentist in 1951 and deployment to Korea. Discharge from Air Force and establishment of dental practice in Pennsylvania until 1986. Experiences since retirement. |
