Born on 10 May 1923 From Brighton, Iowa He enlisted on 5 December 1942 with 1 year of high school education at the age of 20 Waist Gunner of the B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102572 9ZN "Why Worry II" that took off from Station 142 Deopham Green in Norfolk, UK, on May 27, 1944 on a mission to bomb Strasbourg, France. The plane was hit by flak and was forced to do a belly landing in a field 1 km NE of Avoudrey, France, as it was lost and short of fuel. The entire crew survived the landing at 1320 in the afternoon. S/SGT Chuck escaped from imprisonment through evasion to Switzerland after being held a POW for 23 days. He returned to the United Kingdom on 29 September 1944.