Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Easley, South Carolina
Honored By
Dolores Miller Pringle
Relationship
Child
SERVED 3 YEARS FROM OCTOBER 1942 - OCTOBER 1945. TRAINED IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. THEN SPENT TIME IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO AND TRINIDAD. THEN BASED IN NATAL, RECIFE AND RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. MOST OF THE REST OF HIS SERVICE TIME WAS SPENT ON LSM 122 IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SPENT TIME IN HAWAII, MIDWAY ISLANDS, GUAM, SAIPAN, GUADALCANAL AND OKINAWA. ENGINE MACHINIST AND SERVED IN THE ENGINE ROOM. A LOT OF TIME SPENT IN HEAVY BATTLE. DISCHARGED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.