Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fallbrook, California
Honored By
George F. Poulos
NAVAL AVIATOR, 1940-1947. LEFT THE NAVY FOR A CIVILIAN CAREER WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AT KANEOHE NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. EXTENSIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE FOLLOWING BATTLE AREAS: PEARL HARBOR, MIDWAY, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, NORTH ATLANTIC, BAY OF BISCAY AND OKINAWA.