Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Attended high school there and then went to Mississippi State College where he completed three yours toward an engineering degree prior to an appointment to West Point. Graduated, West Point, in 1929.
He served in the Philippines during 1936 and later was assigned to March Field, CA. Upon graduation from the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, ALA., in 1939, the Colonel's career included tours of duty at Randolph, Kelly and Goodfellow Fields, and at Will Rogers Field, his last assignment before coming to OCASC. It was at this letter post that he was promoted to rank of full Colonel, in July 1942.
He holds ratings as a Command Pilot and Aircraft Observer.

Letter
Oklahoma City Air Service Command
Tinker Army Air Field
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
To: All Military and Civilian Personnel, Oklahoma City Air Service Command
We, of OCASC, are engaged in a battle against the enemy which is of primary importance. The greatest ally of those we seek to defeat is time, and every moment you contribute to our gigantic task of aircraft maintenance and supply brings just that much closer the time when we may all hail the peace that is inevitable.
The Oklahoma City Air Service Command is only two years old, yet in that period of time it has assumed a position of out-standing importance in the Air Service Command. This position has been won by your united efforts, and we must continue to see that the Oklahoma City Air Service Command maintains its accelerated pace of maintenance and supply in all theaters, and to all theaters of combat operations.
I congratulate you on your accomplishments of the past. I charge you with the responsibility of making them only stepping stones to even greater achievement in the future.
United we stand in the common cause of ultimate victory.
T. R. LYNCH
Colonel, Air Corps
Commanding