Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Dorothy Hill Hardin
Relationship
Friend
PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7, 1941, HIS SHIP, THE USS SELFRIDGE DD-357 WAS HIT BY 2 JAPANESE TORPEDOES. IN 1943 THE USS AULICK DD-569 WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED WHEN ATTACKED BY 6 KAMIKAZES. HE WAS LEADER OF SQUADRON 4, SERVING IN NORTH PACIFIC, SOUTH PACIFIC AND AUSTRALIA. THIS HERO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF 13 CAMPAIGN MEDALS AND 9 STARS.