Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Seminole, Oklahoma
Honored By
Barnie Plott, Jr.
1942-1943, NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION (WAR PRODUCTION TRAINING). TRAINED AS WELDER AND METALSMITH. HELPED BUILD LIBERTY SHIPS IN OREGON AS WELDER. 1944-1945, U.S. MARITIME SERVICE TRAINING FOR SERVICE IN MERCHANT MARINES. SERVED AS A FIREMAN, WATERTENDER IN THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC AND MEDITERRANEAN. 1945-1947, SERVED IN U.S. NAVY AFTER TRAINING AS AN AIRCRAFT METALSMITH.