Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Terry MacDonald
REAR ADMIRAL. DECEMBER 1941, COMMAND OF THE FLEET AIR BASE, REKJAVIK, ICELAND. AUGUST 1943, COMMAND OF USS GUADALCANAL AND THE TASK GROUP OF FIVE DESTROYER ESCORTS. 1944, HIS TASK FORCE CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE U-505, FIRST CAPTURE OF AN ENEMY VESSEL ON THE HIGH SEAS SINCE 1815. 1945, COMMAND OF THE USS HANCOCK.