Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Clinton, Iowa
Honored By
Maureen Duffy Warford
Relationship
Daughter
FIELD ARTILLERY COMMUNICATIONS TROUBLE SHOOTER ON THE FRONT LINES AT IWO JIMA WITH THE ARTILLERY FORWARD TEAM. ARRIVED, DISEMBARKED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT AND CAPTURE OF IWO JIMA, VOLCANO ISLANDS 19 FEBRUARY 1945 TO 27 MARCH 1945. LATER WENT TO SHORE PATROL AT NAGASAKI. SERVED WITH BOTH THE 2ND AND 5TH MARINE DIVISIONS.