Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
LYNN, Massachusetts
Honored By
Robert F. Healey
Relationship
Shipmate & Friend
SERVED AS A PLANK OWNER ON THE USS YMS-19. TRANSFERRED TO THE USS YMS-389, THEN TO THE USS YMS-442 AS A TRAINER OF NEW ENGINE MEN ON DIESEL ENGINES. DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY IN 1945. THAT SAME AFTERNOON HE ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE AND STAYED THERE UNTIL RETIREMENT.