Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Twin Falls, Idaho
Honored By
Jeanette Creamer
Relationship
Wife
STATIONED IN DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA AS AN ORDNANCEMAN IN MAY 29, 1942. ON JUNE 3RD WAS SHOT DOWN IN PBY PLANE INTO THE BERING SEA. PICKED UP BY JAPANESE CRUISER AND TAKEN TO JAPAN. SPENT 39 MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN NUMEROUS PRISON CAMPS. WHEN LIBERATED, RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY.