Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Nahant, Massachusetts
Honored By
Sylviane Poulin
Relationship
Wife
HE ENTERED IN NOVEMBER 1941.HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS LEONARD WOOD APA-12 FROM APRIL 1942 TO APRIL 1945. HE PARTICIPATED IN 9 INVASIONS; NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, MARSHALL ISLANDS, GILBERT ISLANDS, SAIPAN, PALAU AND THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED LEYTE AND LUZON. HE ALSO SERVED AS AN INTERPRETER IN THE NORTH AFRICA INVASION.