Graduated from Yale 1941.
His military history includes that he graduated from the Army Air Corps Navigation School in Coral Gables, Fla. in late 1941, or early 1942. In May 1942 was assigned to the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron, and helped navigate the first squadron of C-47s to England, by way of Greenland. In August 1942, due to a need for expert navigators in the South Pacific, he was transferred by Secret Order to the the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, nicknamed "The Thirsty 13th," arriving in New Caledonia November 6, 1942. For 8 months he navigated C-47s to Guadalcanal, Australia, and New Zealand. He returned to the U.S. in July 1943, and was assigned to the 399th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), which flew B-17s from Walla Walla, WA, then MacDill AFB, FL. In January 44 started pilot training, passed Primary, but washed out in Basic. Was assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC), and made flights in the U.S. and South America. In October 1944 assigned to the ATC's Southwest Pacific Wing, and flew to all the same airfields to which the Thirsty 13th flew.
In 1950 while in reserves with the 437th TCS in Chicago he was activated for the Korean War, and located at Brady Field in Fukuoka, Japan, flying on C-119s into Korea for two years.
After the Korean War he married Nancy deLaTour Howland on January 3, 1953. Around 1955 he moved to Franklin, Michigan, from where he worked at Ford Motor Company in Cost Accounting, tended a small farm on the weekends, and raised three children: Grack, Ellie, and Seth. In 1965 moved to Birmingham, Mich., where he taught Sunday School at St. James Episcopal Church, and volunteered for Junior Achievement.
His military history includes that he graduated from the Army Air Corps Navigation School in Coral Gables, Fla. in late 1941, or early 1942. In May 1942 was assigned to the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron, and helped navigate the first squadron of C-47s to England, by way of Greenland. In August 1942, due to a need for expert navigators in the South Pacific, he was transferred by Secret Order to the the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, nicknamed "The Thirsty 13th," arriving in New Caledonia November 6, 1942. For 8 months he navigated C-47s to Guadalcanal, Australia, and New Zealand. He returned to the U.S. in July 1943, and was assigned to the 399th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), which flew B-17s from Walla Walla, WA, then MacDill AFB, FL. In January 44 started pilot training, passed Primary, but washed out in Basic. Was assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC), and made flights in the U.S. and South America. In October 1944 assigned to the ATC's Southwest Pacific Wing, and flew to all the same airfields to which the Thirsty 13th flew.
In 1950 while in reserves with the 437th TCS in Chicago he was activated for the Korean War, and located at Brady Field in Fukuoka, Japan, flying on C-119s into Korea for two years.
After the Korean War he married Nancy deLaTour Howland on January 3, 1953. Around 1955 he moved to Franklin, Michigan, from where he worked at Ford Motor Company in Cost Accounting, tended a small farm on the weekends, and raised three children: Grack, Ellie, and Seth. In 1965 moved to Birmingham, Mich., where he taught Sunday School at St. James Episcopal Church, and volunteered for Junior Achievement.
Graduated from Yale 1941.
His military history includes that he graduated from the Army Air Corps Navigation School in Coral Gables, Fla. in late 1941, or early 1942. In May 1942 was assigned to the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron, and helped navigate the first squadron of C-47s to England, by way of Greenland. In August 1942, due to a need for expert navigators in the South Pacific, he was transferred by Secret Order to the the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, nicknamed "The Thirsty 13th," arriving in New Caledonia November 6, 1942. For 8 months he navigated C-47s to Guadalcanal, Australia, and New Zealand. He returned to the U.S. in July 1943, and was assigned to the 399th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), which flew B-17s from Walla Walla, WA, then MacDill AFB, FL. In January 44 started pilot training, passed Primary, but washed out in Basic. Was assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC), and made flights in the U.S. and South America. In October 1944 assigned to the ATC's Southwest Pacific Wing, and flew to all the same airfields to which the Thirsty 13th flew.
In 1950 while in reserves with the 437th TCS in Chicago he was activated for the Korean War, and located at Brady Field in Fukuoka, Japan, flying on C-119s into Korea for two years.
After the Korean War he married Nancy deLaTour Howland on January 3, 1953. Around 1955 he moved to Franklin, Michigan, from where he worked at Ford Motor Company in Cost Accounting, tended a small farm on the weekends, and raised three children: Grack, Ellie, and Seth. In 1965 moved to Birmingham, Mich., where he taught Sunday School at St. James Episcopal Church, and volunteered for Junior Achievement.
His military history includes that he graduated from the Army Air Corps Navigation School in Coral Gables, Fla. in late 1941, or early 1942. In May 1942 was assigned to the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron, and helped navigate the first squadron of C-47s to England, by way of Greenland. In August 1942, due to a need for expert navigators in the South Pacific, he was transferred by Secret Order to the the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, nicknamed "The Thirsty 13th," arriving in New Caledonia November 6, 1942. For 8 months he navigated C-47s to Guadalcanal, Australia, and New Zealand. He returned to the U.S. in July 1943, and was assigned to the 399th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), which flew B-17s from Walla Walla, WA, then MacDill AFB, FL. In January 44 started pilot training, passed Primary, but washed out in Basic. Was assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC), and made flights in the U.S. and South America. In October 1944 assigned to the ATC's Southwest Pacific Wing, and flew to all the same airfields to which the Thirsty 13th flew.
In 1950 while in reserves with the 437th TCS in Chicago he was activated for the Korean War, and located at Brady Field in Fukuoka, Japan, flying on C-119s into Korea for two years.
After the Korean War he married Nancy deLaTour Howland on January 3, 1953. Around 1955 he moved to Franklin, Michigan, from where he worked at Ford Motor Company in Cost Accounting, tended a small farm on the weekends, and raised three children: Grack, Ellie, and Seth. In 1965 moved to Birmingham, Mich., where he taught Sunday School at St. James Episcopal Church, and volunteered for Junior Achievement.
