Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Auburn, Indiana
Honored By
Self
ASSIGNED TO USS PRESIDENT JACKSON APA-18. PACIFIC THEATRE. SERVED ABOARD AN LCVP TAKING TROOPS, VEHICLES AND SUPPLIES ASHORE ON LANDINGS. HAD A HARROWING EXPERIENCE AT IWO JIMA. SERVED AT THE BALANCE SHOP AT THE NAVY REPAIR BASE, SAN DIEGO. LATER SERVED ABOARD THE USS PIEDMONT AD-17 UNTIL DISCHARGED AND RETURNED HOME TO CIVILIAN LIFE.