Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honored By
Katherine Ahlman
Relationship
Granddaughter
VOLUNTEERED IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE ON OCTOBER 27, 1943. CALLED UP TO ACTIVE DUTY ONE WEEK LATER. TRAINED AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. STATIONED AT U.S. NAVAL REPAIR BASE SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. DEPLOYED TO GUAM WITH AVIATION REPAIR AND OVERHAUL UNIT 4 FROM PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST 1945. DEPLOYMENT ENDED ON NOVEMBER 26, 1945. RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA ON USS COWPENS CVL-25. DISCHARGED FROM U.S. NAVY ON DECEMBER 24, 1945.