On 10 August 1942 he enlisted in the service from Manchester, New Hampshire, as a private in the Air Corps. He had two years of high school education, was single, without dependents and his civilian occupation was listed as: "Unskilled molders".

We have him listed as participating in six 437th flights as a passenger or as a C-47 Crew Chief: the Overseas Movement in January 1944; Mission ALBANY on 06 June 1944; Mission GALVESTON on 07 June 1944;; the movement from Ramsbury to Montalto for Operation DRAGOON in July 1944; the resupply and air evacuation Mission #49 in August of 1944 and Operation VARSITY in March 1945.