Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
North Andover, Massachusetts
Honored By
Jean Buturlia
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED JANUARY 1944. SERVED ABOARD THE USS ALASKA CB-1. SAW COMBAT AT IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. WITNESSED JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE MEDAL, THE AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. DISCHARGED APRIL 20, 1946.