Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bristol, Rhode Island
Honored By
Richard K. Belmore
Relationship
Brother
ENLISTED IN JANUARY 1942; BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES. ASSIGNED TO TRAIN IN PT BOATS AT MELVILLE, RHODE ISLAND. TRANSFERRED TO ARUBA IN 1942 AND THEN TO AUSTRALIA. IN BATTLE OF SOLOMON ISLANDS AND BASED AT SHORTLAND ISLAND. PROCEED NORTH TO OKINAWA ALWAYS ON PT BOATS. DISCHARGED IN 1946 AFTER 44 MONTHS IN SOUTH PACIFIC.