Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Walpole, Massachusetts
Honored By
Cythnia M. Frink
Relationship
Wife
LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH AS PART OF DOG RED DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, SENT TO THE PACIFIC, WHICH INCLUDED IWO JIMA AND THE PHILIPPINES. AT THE END OF THE WAR, THE SHIP WAS BEING DECOMMISSIONED, SO HE REMAINED ON BOARD THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL AND BACK TO THE EAST COAST.