Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
West Concord, Minnesota
Honored By
Douglas A. Eayrs
Relationship
Nephew
SERVED 1940 TO 1946. NAVY SHIPS SERVED ON INCLUDED USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48 AND USS SARATOGA CV-3. NAVAL SERVICE PARTICIPATION INCLUDED PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR, SOLOMON ISLANDS, GILBERT ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS, INDIAN OCEAN, INVASION OF IWO JIMA, FALL 1945 'OPERATION MAGIC CARPET' AS USS SARATOGA TRANSPORTED 29,204 U.S. SERVICEMEN HOME FROM THE PACIFIC THEATER TO THE U.S.