Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Seattle, Washington
Honored By
Bob Theal
STATIONED ONBOARD THE HEAVY CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35 WHICH CARRIED THE FIRST ATOM BOMB TO GUAM. WAS ONE OF ONLY 317 SURVIVORS WHEN THE SHIP WAS SUNK IN LATE JULY 1945. DISCHARGED AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON IN NOVEMBER 1945.