Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Benton, Arkansas
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
ENTERING THE NAVY ON MARCH 30, 1944, TOOK BOOT TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS IN NOVEMBER 1944, ABOARD THE USS ROOKS. WAS IN THE INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA.