According to his service records he had 468 Combat
Hours recorded.
After
his service he utilized his electronics training fixing
radio's and TV's until 1955 when he started a Civil
Service career, as a radio technician, at Luke Air
Force Base, Litchfield Park Arizona.
In
1956 he Joined the Air Force Reserves and continued
to put his skills and accumilated more flight hours
on HU-16's with the 302nd Air Rescue Squadron out
of Luke.
He
remained active with them until he passed from cancer
in July 1979 at the age of 54 yrs old.