Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cambridge, Maryland
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED AS AN ELECTRICIAN. DISCHARGED, AND THEN RE-ENLISTED DURING WWII. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SINO-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION, A JOINT MILITARY EFFORT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHINESE NATIONALIST FORCES, WHICH TAUGHT THE CHINESE HOW TO INFILTRATE THE JAPANESE, WIRETAP PHONE LINES AND INTERCEPT RADIO TRANSMISSIONS.