A Joint Project of the Sam Rayburn House Historic Site and the Fannin County Historical Commission

Celebrating America 250 with Spotlights of Fannin County Citizens Who Participated In or Witnessed Historical Events

He served as Captain of B-24 Liberator bombers and again volunteered, this time for a unit called "the Carpetbaggers," an elite secret unit of the OSS, forerunner of the CIA. He flew low-level, covert midnight missions in a stripped down, jet black, unarmed B-24 to aid the Resistance movements in Nazi occupied nations. He dropped arms, munitions, supplies, and secret agents.

After leaving the Air Force, he became a pilot for Braniff Airlines and served as Chairman of the International Airline Pilots Association Safety Committee, where he was instrumental in the safety design of then-new D/FW International Airport.

After retirement he bought a cattle ranch near Windom. He died in 2008 and is buried in the Windom Cemetery.