Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
San Francisco, California
DECEMBER 7, 1941, ATLANTIC, USS VINCENNES CL-64 AND USS PHILADELPHIA CL-21, CONVOY ESCORT. 1942, OPERATION TORCH NORTH AFRICA USS CASABLANCA CVE-55. 1943, USS BROWN DD-546 AND USS NASHVILLE CL-43, SOLOMON ISLANDS AND GILBERT/MARSHAL ISLANDS. 1944, ENIWETOK, KWAJALEIN AND MARIANA ISLANDS, US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. 1945, FLAG LIEUTENANT USS IDAHO BB- 42 AND USS MISSOURI BB-63, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. SEPTEMBER 2,1945, ABOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY AT TIME OF JAPANESE SURRENDER. COMMANDER, US NAVY.