Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE NAVY IN 1942. TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AT SEA AS A MEMBER OF A GUN CREW ABOARD ARMED MERCHANT VESSELS. FOREIGN PORTS OF CALL INCLUDED AUSTRALIA, HAWAII, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. ATTACHED TO NAVY ARMED GUARD CENTER, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON IN FEBRUARY 1944.