Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Charleston, West Virginia
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
AOM 2/c. PROUDLY SERVED ABOARD USS INDEPENDENCE AND USS COWPENS CVL-25, FLAT-TOP CARRIER IN PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS; 12 BATTLE STARS AND A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION. FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA JANUARY 10, 1945 AND INTO TOKYO HARBOR AUGUST 27, 1945 AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.