Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Trinidad, Colorado
Honored By
A Grateful American
A PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR, SERVED ABOARD THE USS CALIFORNIA, THE FIRST SHIP BOMBED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN, PARTICIPATED AT PEARL HARBOR, IN THE CORAL SEA AND MIDWAY SEA BATTLES, AND LATER IN THE LANDING AT TARAWA.