Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Meriden, Connecticut
SERVED IN AMPHIBIOUS FORCE ABOARD USS LOGAN APA-196 AS A COXSWAIN ON A HIGGINS BOAT LANDING CRAFT. MADE D-DAY LANDING ON IWO JIMA ON FEBRUARY 19, 1945 AND OKINAWA ON APRIL 1, 1945. ALSO LANDED TROOPS IN JAPAN IN SEPTEMBER 1945.