Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Honored By
The Zmuda Family
SERVED AS ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 3RD CLASS ON THE USS MCKEE IN TASK FORCE 38 AND 58 UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL HALSEY AND ADMIRAL MICHENER RESPECTIVELY. SAW ACTION IN THE PACIFIC DURING ATTACKS ON JAPAN, OKINAWA, AND IWO JIMA. WITNESSED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON JAPAN. ENLISTED MARCH 1944; DISCHARGED APRIL 1946.