Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honored By
Jill Kent
Relationship
Granddaughter
ENLISTED THE DAY AFTER PEARL HARBOR AND WAS TRAINED AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AS A STOREKEEPER IN TOLEDO, OHIO. WAS LATER ASSIGNED TO NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ALSO HAD DUTY IN LAKE CITY, FLORIDA; BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA; SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA; AND OKINAWA BEFORE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED OCTOBER 1945.