Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Self
AFTER 12 WEEKS, NAVY BOOT CAMP WAS ASSIGNED TO PACIFIC AMPHIBIOUS FORCES. DUTY STATION UNTIL DISCHARGED WAS USS BURLEIGH PA-95, A NEW SHIP. ASSIGNED CAPTAIN'S YEOMAN, WORKED IN CAPTAIN'S OFFICE. RECEIVED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE STAR, WAS AT THE OKINAWA INVASION.