Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Honored By
Peter
Relationship
Son
MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS, U.S. NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCES, SCOUTS AND RAIDERS, 1943-1946. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER ON VARIOUS OPERATIONS ALONG THE ADRIATIC SEA COASTLINES AND ISLANDS FROM BASES IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY AND THE ISLAND OF VIS, YUGOSLAVIA IN 1944. IN 1945, SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A MEMBER OF AMPHIBIOUS ROGER 2 WITH NAVAL GROUP CHINA FROM A BASE IN CALCUTTA, INDIA.