Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brockton, Massachusetts
Honored By
Daniel F. Newberg
Relationship
Son
SERVED ABOARD THE USS WASP CV-7 IN THE ATLANTIC, DELIVERED SPITFIRES TO MALTA. SHIP SUNK BY JAPANESE TORPEDOES OFF GUADALCANAL IN SEPTEMBER 1942, RESCUED BY THE USS DUNCAN. ALSO SERVED ABOARD THE USS BOUNTIFUL AH-9 AND THE USS ESSEX CV-9. SAW ACTION OFF PELELIU, SAIPAN, MARCUS ISLAND, PHILIPPINES AND IWO JIMA. RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WHILE ABOARD THE USS ESSEX. HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1945.