Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Corpus Christi, Texas
Honored By
Norris L. Goodfriend
SERVED ON THE USS RINGNESS APD-100, CARRIED THE FROGMEN (SEALS) DURING THE WAR. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE. AFTER THE OKINAWA INVASION, THE USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WAS SUNK, THE USS RINGNESS WAS SENT OUT TO PICK UP SURVIVORS; PICKED UP 37 SURVIVORS, ONE OF THEM WAS CAPTAIN MCVAY. AWARDED THE COMMENDATION MEDAL.