Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Honored By
Grateful American
Relationship
Admirer
SERVED ABOARD THE USS YORKTOWN AS A HELMSMAN. THE SHIP SUFFERED A KAMIKAZE ATTACK. THE SOUNDS OF BATTLE WERE SO LOUD, THE CAPTAIN HAD TO BANK ON HIS SHOULDERS TO INDICATE WHICH DIRECTION THE SHIP SHOULD GO.