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Contact Info
Home Town Headland, Alabama
Last Address Dallas, Texas
Date of Passing Feb 02, 2009
Location of Interment Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery (VA) - Dallas, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section Col B, Row CT1, Site B161
He played on the freshman football team while a student at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later Auburn University, before his wartime service. After the war, he finished his degree at the University of Alabama. He is probably the only Alabama graduate to have played football at Auburn.
After college, he went on to become a very well-known and respected test pilot. He is honored in the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame.
WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Luzon Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1945
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.