Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Thelma J. Weagly, Edna M. Telford & Glenda Black
Relationship
Sisters
INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY IN 1943 AT BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND. TRANSFERRED TO THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN 1944. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS TRAINED TO BE AN AVIATION METALSMITH AND WAS THEN SENT TO MAUI, HAWAII FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS IN 1945.