Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lemmon, South Dakota
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY ON JUNE 19, 1944 IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. HE TOOK HIS BOOT TRAINING AT THE NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. HE TOOK FURTHER TRAINING AT TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS BOSQUE APA-135, WHICH WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. HE WAS GIVEN AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON JUNE 6, 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.