Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ponca, Nebraska
Honored By
American Legion Post #117
ENTERED THE NAVY IN MAY 1943 AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. SERVED ON USS REPUBLIC, A TRANSPORT SHIP IN THE PACIFIC, AND ON THE USS BREMERTON, A HEAVY CRUISER AS A MACHINIST MATE 2ND CLASS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN MAY 1946.