Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Walters, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
WITHDREW FROM COLLEGE IN DECEMBER 1942 AND ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE (INACTIVE DUTY) AND THE U.S. MARITIME SERVICE (USMS). AFTER BASIC USMS TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY, NEW YORK. SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 3 1/2 YEARS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO A VARIETY OF SHIPS AND BASES WORLDWIDE. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR.