Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
New Diggings, Wisconsin
JOINED THE NAVY IN DECEMBER OF 1944 AND DID HIS BASIC TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION AND ATTENDED RADIO SCHOOL IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. AFTER GRADUATION, HE WAS SENT TO OKINAWA AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED MAY 20, 1946.