Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sublimity, Oregon
Honored By
Dolores Bentz Cremer
Relationship
Wife
SERVED ON THE AF1 BRIDGE (OLDEST REFRIGERATION SHIP IN THE NAVY) FROM APRIL 1944 TO APRIL 1946. STRUCK A MINE IN THE YELLOW SEA AND GOT TOWED INTO PUSAN. THE HOLE GOT PATCHED ENOUGH TO GET TOWED TO JAPAN AND THE SHIP WENT TO THE DRY DOCK RIGHT AT THE END OF THE WAR.