Graduation Year | Class of 1937 |
Date of Passing | Feb 04, 2008 |
About | Gardner passed on his birthday watching the Super Bowl He served valiantly in WWII as a Captain of a P-47D fighter plane. Shot down 3 Germans while earning the Distinguished Flying Cross several times and the legion of merit Gardner went on to a full career in the USAF after the war and retiring as a full Colonel after 30 years |