Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bauxite, Arkansas
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
ENLISTED INTO THE NAVY JANUARY 17, 1941 AND SENT TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOR BOOT CAMP. LATER ASSIGNED TO LST 340. ON JUNE 10, 1943 SHIP WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE. TRANSFERRED TO CORONA NAVAL HOSPITAL AND LATER ISSUED A MEDICAL DISCHARGE ON NOVEMBER 29, 1944.