Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Warner A. Weber
Relationship
Self
SERVED AS A GUNNER'S MATE ON MERCHANT SHIP SS FREDERICK DOUGLAS, IT WAS SUNK SEPTEMBER 20, 1943. LEAD SEAMAN OF SQUADRON V-J4 AT NORFOLK NAVAL AIR STATION. SERVED 14 MONTHS ABOARD THE USS PITTSBURGH CA-72, DID CARRIER RAIDS ON TOKYO, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA. RESCUED THE USS FRANKLIN CV-13 AND SPENT 4 MONTHS ON THE PC-795.