Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
River Rouge, Michigan
Honored By
Rose
Relationship
Wife
SERVED FROM DECEMBER 1942 TO MAY 1946. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC WITH 2ND MARINE HEADQUARTERS BATTALION. TRAINED IN NEW HEBRIDES ISLAND; WAS IN TARAWA INVASION (GILBERT ISLANDS); STATIONED AT HILO, HAWAII FOR TRAINING. SERVED DURING INVASION OF SAIPAN AND OCCUPIED NAGASAKI AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB.