Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Reading, Massachusetts
Honored By
Walt Earley
Relationship
Classmate
ENLISTING IN THE NAVY IMMEDIATELY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, LESLIE BECAME A COXSWAIN IN CONTROL OF SMALL WATERCRAFT USED IN SUPPORT OF MAJOR FLEET OPERATIONS CONDUCTED DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT WAR'S END.