Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lombard, Illinois
Honored By
Roy Glenn Weigand
Relationship
Self
JULY 1942 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. ABOARD USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 IN THE ALEUTIAN OPERATION. WAKE ISLAND RAID OF 1943. MAKIN, GILBERT ISLANDS. MARSHALL ISLANDS OPERATION, OCCUPATION KWAJALEIN AND MAJURO. ASIATIC-PACIFIC RAIDS OF 1944, PALAU, YAP, ULITHI, WOLEAI, TRUK, SATAWAN, PONAPE RAIDS. HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA OPERATIONS. MARIANA OPERATION, CAPTURE OF SAIPAN AND GUAM. USS AMSTERDAM CL-101 PLANK OWNER.