Soldier Details
Division:
        Navy
      
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        Carrier Air Group 151
      
      
              Theater of Operation:
          American
        
          Served:
                      Sep 25, 1942
                                 - 
                                Nov 12, 1945
                  
      Honored By:
        Marshall K McKee
      
      
      Biography
Accepted for training as a Naval Aviation Cadet in 1942. Received wings and commission as an Ensign at Pensacola Naval Air Station in June 1944. Trained for operational duties with Torpedo Squadron 151. Finished war at Corvallis, Oregon in 1945 preparing for shipment to Pacific Theater with Carrier Air Group 151. Released from active service in November 1945 and returned to hometown of Abilene, Kansas to resume civilian life.
 
     
    