Branch of Service
U.S. Coast Guard
Hometown
Geauga County, Ohio
Honored By
Jacqueline S. Brockway
Relationship
Friend
SERVED FROM FEBRUARY 1944 UNTIL DECEMBER 1945 ON ELLIS ISLAND AND IN WASHINGTON D.C. AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE, 3RD CLASS. ATTENDED BOOT CAMP IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA WHERE THE BILTMORE HOTEL HAD BEEN TURNED INTO BARRACKS. WAS STATIONED IN NEW YORK CITY AND RODE THE SUBWAY AND THE FERRY TO ELLIS ISLAND.