Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Northampton, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert G. Crawford
Relationship
Self
SERVED ABOARD THE USS HENRY R. MALLORY, WHICH SUNK IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. ALSO SERVED IN ICELAND FOR 9 MONTHS AND THEN ABOARD THE USS PITTSBURGH IN 1946. TOWED THE USS FRANKLIN FROM OKINAWA AND LOST 104 FEET OF BOW IN TYPHOON, BUT MADE IT BACK TO BREMERTON, WASHINGTON.