Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Honored By
Sherry Furnish Earnhart
Relationship
Daughter
HELPED PUT THE USS TULAGI CVE-72 IN COMMISSION IN 1943 AND WAS ONBOARD UNTIL DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE, THE PHILIPPINES, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. RANK WAS MACHINIST'S MATE 2ND CLASS. OPERATED THE THROTTLE IN THE FORWARD ENGINE ROOM.