Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Odon, Indiana
Relationship
Self
AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED AS FLIGHT LINE SERVICE CREWMAN AND 'PLANE CAP' WITH CARRIER AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT-6 AT ALEMEDA, CALIFORNIA; NEXT WITH CASU-19 STATIONED ON RUSSELL ISLAND IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SERVICING SBD DAUNTLESS, F4U CORSAIR, AND F-6 GRUMMAN HELLCAT FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; THEN AT SEGI POINT AND MUNDA FLIGHT LINES ON NEW GEORGIA IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. FINALLY, STATIONED UNTIL WAR'S END WITH CASU-1 ON FORD ISLAND, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII.