Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Honored By
Master Sidney V. Arbour
COMMISSIONED ENSIGN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE IN JANUARY 1942. GUNNERY OFFICER, USS HOUSATONIC IN THE ATLANTIC, 1942-1943 AND 1944 UNTIL MAY. IN JUNE 1944, SENT TO THE PACIFIC AS A GUNNERY OFFICER, USS SIBLEY TO IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA INVASIONS AND OCCUPATION JAPAN.