Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Bentley Springs, Maryland
Honored By
His Children
ATTENDED GUNNERY SCHOOL IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO LST 542. WENT TO ENGLAND, THEN PARTICIPATED IN THE D-DAY OFFENSIVE AT NORMANDY. WENT IN ON JUNO BEACH. LIBERATED THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND NORWAY FROM THE GERMANS. WHEN THE WAR IN GERMANY WAS OVER, WAS HEADING TO THE PACIFIC THEATER, GOT TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA AND GOT WORD THAT THE WAR WAS OVER. CAME BACK TO THE STATES AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND.