Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Allen, Oklahoma
TRAINED AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. COMMISSIONED USS YUMA ATF-94. DECEMBER 12, 1943 LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA TOWING A DRY DOCK HEADED FOR PERTH, AUSTRALIA. PERFORMED MANY JOBS IN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS. NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN, BOUGAINVILLE LANDING, LEYTE GULF LANDING, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA.