Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ACCEPTED A POSITION, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, WITH THE WAR DEPARTMENT TEACHING ELECTRONICS TO ARMY AIR FORCES PILOTS IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. IN 1944, BECAME A NAVAL OFFICER. AFTER THE WAR, ASSIGNED AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS FLOYD B. PARKS (DD-884). HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.