Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Omaha, Nebraska
Honored By
Ann Louise Gee
Relationship
Wife
SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1946. COMPLETED BOOT TRAINING AT NEW ORLEANS. ASSIGNED TO A COAST GUARD CUTTER ON THE GULF COAST AND TRAINED FOR SOUND SCHOOL. ESCORTED CONVOYS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND KEY WEST. LATER ASSIGNED TO A TANKER HAULING GAS. WENT TO LEYTE AND ON TO MANILA BAY TO JOIN THE FORCES PREPARING TO INVADE JAPAN. WENT TO JAPAN AFTER THE SURRENDER. TOURED BOMB SITE IN NAGASAKI.