Orville has an interesting military career in which he served in three services.
He entered the US Navy in April 1941 before WWII started. He was flight engineer and gunner in Patrol Wing 1 (VP-12) operating out of Hawaii and the Pacific Theater.
He was discharged from the Navy in 1946. Between September 1947 and January 1948 he was in the US Army.
In 1948 Orville joined the new US Air Force, only in that year becoming a separate military service, before that being known as the US Army Air Forces. He eventually attained the rank of Master Sergeant and was discharged in December 1963.
Orville then joined the Air Force reserves and finally retired in 1975 after a very distinguished career.
He has been awarded the American Defense medal, Asiatic Pacific medal, the WWII Victory medal, and the Korean Conflict medal and many others.
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