Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New York, New York
Honored By
Michael Mularz
SERVED ON THE USS RODMAN DD-456/DMS-21. SERVED IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC THEATERS. EARNED 5 BATTLE STARS AND A NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. MADE THE MURMANSK RUN FROM AUGUST 22-28, 1942. PARTICIPATED IN THE LANDINGS AT NORTH AFRICA, THE SINKING OF THE U-616, INVASION OF NORMANDY, INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AND THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA WHERE THE SHIP SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE WHEN ATTACKED BY 6 KAMIKAZES AND HIT BY 3 ON APRIL 6, 1945.