Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
West Concord, Minnesota
Honored By
Douglas A. Eayrs
Relationship
Son
SERVED FROM 1942 - 1946. SEAMAN TRAINING AT SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA 1942; LIBERTY SHIPS SERVED ON INCLUDED SS ANDREW MARSCHALK (OIL TANKER) AND SS STEPHEN M. WHITE AND HORACE V. WHITE (CARGO/TROOP SHIPS). ACTIVE SERVICE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA, DUTCH EAST NEW GUINEA (WAKDE-SARMI LANDINGS 1944), INDIAN OCEAN, ITALY.