Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portage, Pennsylvania
ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY IN MARCH 1945, WENT TO BOOT CAMP AT SAMPSON, NEW YORK. THEN TO SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA IN JUNE AND JULY (1945) FOR ASSIGNMENT. SAILED FOR PEARL HARBOR FROM HUNTERS POINT, SAN FRANCISCO BAY, ON THE USS PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT JULY 15, 1945. SERVED IN NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE VR-11 AT NAVAL AIR STATION IN HONOLULU, OAHU UNTIL JULY 1946.