Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Mr. Frank G. Becher
Relationship
First Cousin
Spent 3 years on landing craft support ships. Picket duty off Pacific Islands. Fought at Okinawa and Le Shima; saw Ernie Pyle's dead body in his Foxhole. His ship, the USS LCS-25, was hit by a Kamikaze pilot in 1945. Three buddies killed and he was blown into the sea.