Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia
Honored By
Suzanne Gore Reynolds
Relationship
Daughter
GRADUATED U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1939, JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF WWII. SERVED ON THE USS RANGER, THE USS HAMILTON, THE USS WASP AND THE USS WASHINGTON FOR THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND, GUADALCANAL. CONCLUDED THE WAR AS SERVICE FORCE LIAISON OFFICER, ATLANTIC FLEET AND FINALLY ABOARD THE USS PHILADELPHIA.