Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Providence, Tennessee
OCTOBER 31, 1942 BOOT CAMP, NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND, MEDICAL CORPS SCHOOL, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, BROOKLYN NAVAL HOSPITAL AS MEDICAL CORPSMAN, 1943 ASSIGNED TO LST 496 CROSSED NORTH ATLANTIC IN MARCH 1944. APRIL 27, 1944 IN EXERCISE TIGER IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. REASSIGNED TO LST 510 D-DAY CARRIED TROOPS TO OMAHA BEACHHEAD. CONTINUED TO EVACUATE AMERICAN WOUNDED AND GERMANS. TRANSFERRED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR REASSIGNMENT TO TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. PASSAGE BY TROOP TRANSPORT TO OKINAWA AND ASSIGNED TO MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT. DEPARTED OKINAWA ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER TICONDEROGA TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND DISCHARGED ON JANUARY 31, 1945.