After separating from service in September 1947, I was recalled in April 1951 and established Field Maintenance in Aviano, Italy, in April 1955. Returning to the U.S. in June 1958, I served as Field Maintenance Officer at Castle Air Force Base, Merced, before transferring to HQ 15th Air Force in Riverside, CA. From 1964 to 1966, I served as an advisor to the Republic of Korea Air Force Depot, followed by a position as Chief of the Maintenance Section at the USAF Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Fairborn, OH, from 1966 to 1968. I retired as a Lieutenant Colonel on June 30, 1969, and returned to Sacramento, CA. After retiring from the Air Force, I worked for Parks and Recreation and later the Forestry Division of the State of California, retiring from state service in July 1989.

I married Mary Emily Proctor on August 28, 1944, at Geneva Army Air Base. We have five children: Jay (1946), Greg (1948), David (1953), Nancy (1957), and Mark (1962). We celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary in August 2004.