Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
McRae, Arkansas
Honored By
Cecil Harrison
ENTERED 1943, TRAINED FOR SMALL BOAT LANDING CRAFT, SERVED ON THE USS CHINCOTEAGUE AVP-24, SERVICED PBY CATALINA AIRCRAFT, RELOADED AIRPLANES WITH BOMBS AND REFUELED THEM WITH HIGH OCTANE GAS, BACKUP FOR THE MARINES THAT WERE DISARMING THE JAPANESE FORCES.