Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Honored By
Wife & Children
SERVED ON THE USS SALT LAKE CITY CA-25 BETWEEN MAY 1943 - MAY 1944. OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER INCLUDED ADAK AND KISKA AT THE END OF THE ALEUTIANS CAMPAIGN, OCCUPATION OF ATTU, BATTLE OF TARAWA (GILBERT ISLANDS CAMPAIGN), OPERATIONS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (WOTJE, TARAWA, KWAJALEIN, MAJURO) AND RAIDS ON PALAU, YAP IN THE WESTERN CAROLINE ISLAND, ARCHIPELAGO. RETURNED TO THE STATES AND SERVED AT OAKLAND, ALAMEDA AIR BASE.