Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
George A. Ellis
CAME OUT OF BOOT CAMP AND WAS ASSIGNED TO USS PUTNAM DD-757 THEN LEFT FOR THE PACIFIC. DUTY STATIONS INCLUDE LEYTE, TACLOBAN, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA AND OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. IN TOKYO BAY WHEN THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED ON THE USS MISSOURI. AFTER THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FOR DISCHARGE. SERVED FROM OCTOBER 8, 1942 UNTIL OCTOBER 1946.