After serving 27 years of active duty, he retired as a colonel in 1967 and soon started as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Alaska Air National Guard, retiring as a brigadier general in 1971.
He retired as a colonel in 1967. He soon started as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Alaska Air National Guard. He soon was retiring as a brigadier general in 1971. He was serving 27 years of active duty.