Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Savannah, Georgia
Honored By
Jack Downs
Relationship
Friend
ENTERED SERVICE 1943 IN U.S. MARINE CORPS. AT BOOT CAMP MIRAMAR NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO. UPON COMPLETION WAS SENT TO ADVANCE TRAINING NAVAL BASE NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. TRANSFERRED TO CHERRY POINT AIR STATION, NORTH CAROLINA. ASSIGNED TO PAIGE FIELD AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. TRANSFERRED TO YONTAN ON OKINAWA ISLAND AFTER THE BOMBING OF NAGASAKI, JAPAN. WAS SENT TO PEKING, CHINA. RETURNED TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA AND DISCHARGED IN 1946.