Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Hecla, South Dakota
Honored By
Sharon Pearson
ENLISTED MAY 16, 1945. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DELIVERING WAR MATERIAL (JEEPS, TANKS, FUEL, FOOD RATIONS) ABOARD THE SHIPS SS FRANKLIN K. LANE, SS LOT WHITCOMB, SS MORMACHAWK, AND SS WHITE SQUALL. MADE TWO CONSECUTIVE ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIPS ABOARD SS PRESIDENT MONROE AND NEVER CROSSED THE EQUATOR. DISCHARGED JUNE 14, 1948.