Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Allepo, Kansas
Honored By
John H. O'Brien VFW Post 6331
ENLISTED IN APRIL 1944. ASSIGNED TO THE USS MASSEY. SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA. THE USS MASSEY FERRIED OFFICIALS TO THE USS MISSOURI FOR FORMAL SIGNING OF SURRENDER. DISCHARGED IN MAY 1946 AS WATER TENDER 3RD CLASS.