Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grampian, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Barbara Beish
Relationship
Daughter
ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. THEN TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE FOR NAVY AVIATION SCHOOL; TO HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA AND VOLUNTEERED FOR COMBAT AIR CREW. ATTENDED GUNNERY SCHOOL IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (KINGSVILLE). BACK TO MIAMI, FLORIDA FOR TRAINING WITH A PILOT. WENT TO QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND FOR NIGHT SQUADRON TRAINING (VTN-55). LEFT IN JUNE 1945 ON THE USS ENTERPRISE FOR PEARL HARBOR. RETURNED IN NOVEMBER 1945. AWARDED MEDALS FOR AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.