Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Fairland, Indiana
Honored By
Bertha Fisher
Relationship
Wife
BOOT CAMP IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA, AMPHIBIOUS SMALL BOAT TRAINING THERE. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, BOARDED THE USS LST 985 TO PANAMA CANAL THEN TO HAWAII, BACK TO U.S. TRANSPORTING AMMUNITION FOR TOKYO BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. WAITED AT SAIPAN AND GUAM, UNLOADED IN OKINAWA SAME TIME OF BOMBING. HAULED PRISONERS OF WAR AND SOLDIERS TO CHINA AND JAPAN FOR ONE YEAR. DECOMMISSIONED SHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO 1946. DISCHARGED IN GREAT LAKES 1946.