Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Miami, Florida
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
ENLISTED 1940. PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN ICELAND AND FOUGHT IN GUADALCANAL, TARAWA, SAIPAN, TINIAN AND OKINAWA. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH COMBAT V. CONTINUED TO SERVE IN TSINGTAO, CHINA. WAS A VETERAN OF THE 1950 CHOSIN RESERVOIR CAMPAIGN, KOREA; SERVING WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION. LATER SERVED IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA AS A TACTICAL PLATOON COMMANDER, MARINE CORPS SCHOOLS AND BECAME SENIOR ENLISTED INSTRUCTOR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A 1ST SERGEANT.