Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Muskegon, Michigan
Honored By
Lorna Albertsen
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED ABOARD THE USS GRENADIER SS-210, COMPLETED 7 WAR PATROLS, BEFORE CAPTURED IN 1943 BY THE JAPANESE. HELD AS PRISONER OF WAR FOR 2 YEARS, FIRST IN A PRISON CAMP IN MALAYSIA AND THEN IN A PRISON CAMP IN JAPAN. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND A SUBMARINE COMBAT PATROL BADGE.