Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Evansville, Indiana
Honored By
Mary Wolf
Relationship
Wife
SERVED ON THE USS WALLACE L. LIND DD-703 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THE DESTROYER RESCUED A DOZEN AMERICAN CARRIER PLANE PILOTS FROM THE SEA AND HAD 4 JAPANESE FLAGS ON HER BRIDGE FOR PLANES SHOT DOWN. IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE WAR, THE SHIP SHELLED THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS.