Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Rome, Georgia
Honored By
Teairlton Frady
Relationship
Self
INVADED NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, NORMANDY. THEN TO THE PACIFIC TO IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. ATTACHED TO USS CAMBRIA APA-36. SAILED TO YOKOHAMA. WAS THE FIRST GUY TO CLIMB UP ON THE PIER. WAS ON THE WAY TO INVADE JAPAN AND WAS TOLD THE WAR WAS OVER.