Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Eddyville, Kentucky
Honored By
James Groves
Served as crew member on amphibious landing craft with Cub 19-GroPac 13 in the Pacific Theater near the end of WWII. Was scheduled to make invasion of Japan but atomic bomb made that unnecessary. Following brief period on Okinawa, assisted in evacuation of Japanese from mainland China.