Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Honored By
Penny, Rudy, Linda & Teri
Relationship
Children
TRAINED AT GREAT LAKES, THEN WAS SENT TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND ON TO ORANGE, TEXAS. SERVED FROM 1943 TO 1946. SERVED ON THE DESTROYER ESCORTS USS THOMAS J. GARY DE-326 AND THE USS KOINER. CONVOY DUTY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, MEDITERRANEAN AND ALL OVER THE EUROPEAN THEATER. ALSO IN THE PHILIPPINES AS PART OF AN ARMADA GETTING READY TO STRIKE JAPAN, WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED.