Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Honored By
Capt. Frank J. Coulter, USN (Ret)
GRADUATED U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, 1939. SERVED ABOARD DESTROYER USS ALDEN DD-211 IN THE ASIATIC FLEET, APRIL 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1942. FOLLOWING SUBMARINE SCHOOL AT NEW LONDON, SERVED ABOARD USS SKIPJACK SS-134 SUBMARINE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET AND ATLANTIC FLEET, SEPTEMBER 1942 TO END OF WWII. ENDED WWII AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE USS SKIPJACK SS-184.