Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Huntsburg, Ohio
Honored By
Cathleen Pitorak Sweet
Relationship
Niece
SERVED FROM 1944 - 1946, BEING SENT FIRST TO GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FOR BOOT CAMP. FROM THERE, TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOR AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING. SENT BACK TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AS MANY DIED OF MENINGITIS IN FLORIDA AND WAS THEN SENT TO CALIFORNIA. LATER CAME BACK TO FLORIDA WHERE HE DE-COMMISSIONED APD DESTROYERS.